On July 19th, Foot Mercato stated Manchester City are confident of completing a deal for RB Leipzig star Joško Gvardiol after ‘positive discussions’ with the intermediaries involved in the operation.
Claims elsewhere stated the Citizens have agreed a deal with the Bundesliga side and the defender had completed the first part of his medical with Pep Guardiola’s side.
Leipzig manager Marco Rose has dismissed this and also hinted there’s no agreement in place with Manchester City.
“Joško is one of our players and as far as I know he will remain one of our players. I don’t know anything about a medical check, nothing about a first part and nothing about a second. I think if it was, I would know as head coach!” Sky Deutschland journalist Philipp Hinze quoted Rose as saying.
Hinze’s colleague at Sky, Florian Plettenberg, states the centre-back is training with the club because there’s ‘no agreement’ for his transfer at the moment.
Sources have told Plettenberg that an ‘agreement is not in sight’ between the German club and Manchester City. He adds that if the 21-year-old had a medical with the Premier League winners, it was done without his employer’s permission.
Leipzig want €100m fixed fee plus ‘realistic’ bonuses to sell the Croatia international. If not, the journalist adds it’s ‘not excluded’ for the player to continue at the club for one more season.
ℹ️ Josko #Gvardiol: He‘s in team training at the moment as there is NO agreement with ManCity at this stage – as many top sources confirm.
Sources say: „An agreement is not in sight!“
➡️ For RB bosses it’s not excluded that he will stay for one more season
➡️ RB wants €100m… pic.twitter.com/BPqglCcYEO— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) July 20, 2023
Furthermore, Bild also explain that there’s no agreement in place between the two clubs. It’s claimed Manchester City are ‘still offering well below’ the €100m fixed fee requested by Leipzig.
Gvardiol has an agreement in place with the Etihad club and the two sides have to agree a deal for the transfer to take shape.
