Borussia Dortmund sporting director Lars Ricken has confirmed Manchester City’s Yann Couto is now their main focus, with a first offer already made.
That’s according to Sky Sports Germany, who insist the fullback is now the number one priority for the Champions League finalists.
They report that Dortmund are now focused on signing a new fullback after doing deals for Serhou Guirassy and Waldermar Anton.
They say this has been confirmed by Ricken, who they spoke to during a media round during Dortmund’s pre-season trip to Asia. He has told them that the full-back position is now their number one focus and that means Couto.
According to their information, Dortmund have now made a first offer for the Brazilian, showing a willingness to pay €20m for him.
Manchester City, though, are looking for around €30m for the player, who has returned to the club this summer from a successful loan spell at Girona.
That means there is, currently, a €10m gap to be made up and ‘the poker game is on’ between the two sides to work that out and get a deal done.
