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It now remains to be seen whether the two clubs can agree a price to unlock the deal.
If the clubs can reach an agreement, the deal is expected to be completed rapidly, with personal terms not an issue.
While the clubs had not held formal discussions up to the current talks, Chelsea have been aware of City’s interest in Fernandez.
Chelsea set an unofficial deadline for the deal to
Could Enzo Fernandez finally be on his way to Man City?
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Manchester City are set to make an opening offer for Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez
The Argentina international has been identified by manager Enzo Maresca as a player who can bring quality to his midfield after a series of high-profile exits.
Chelsea are aware of City’s interest and set an unofficial deadline for the deal to be completed earlier this summer at a minimum fee of £120m.
Nevertheless, City are expected
Manchester City have agreed to sign winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras in a deal worth up to £34.2m.
The 22-year-old Brazilian will come in as a replacement for compatriot Savinho, who looks set to join Tottenham.
City have agreed to pay a fixed fee of £32m, plus £2.2m in add-ons, for Allan with a medical scheduled to take place in the coming days.
They remain in advanced talks to
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez remains a target for Manchester City in the final two weeks of the transfer window.
City will decide whether to try to sign him before the window closes on September 1 after opting not to make an offer before last week’s cut-off set by Chelsea.
Fernandez can no longer leave Stamford Bridge for the £120m terms agreed with his representatives in May.
The deadline for that
Enzo Maresca won his first game in charge of Manchester City with a 3-1 win over the K-League All Stars in Seoul.
All four goals were scored in the opening 23 minutes as City bounced back from Saturday’s penalty shoot-out loss to Inter Milan.
Rayan Ait-Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders and Divin Mubama all scored for City, who used 22 players in the win.
Here, Sky Sports assesses Maresca’s first win in
Semenyo joined City from Bournemouth for £65m in the January transfer window, with Guardiola fighting off competition from rivals Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea for his signature.
The player says interest first came in early December with “a lot of talks” taking place, before he made the decision the following month that he wanted to join City.
“I owe them everything to be honest,” Semenyo said of former club
World Cup winner Rodri will have surgery on a back issue on Monday, new Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed.
The 30-year-old Spain captain guided his country to World Cup glory last week and was named the Golden Ball winner as player of the tournament.
But the midfielder’s last two seasons at club level were heavily disrupted – an anterior cruciate ligament injury leaving him sidelined for the majority
Alonso entered the Drake Suite, which celebrates Chelsea‘s league title-winning managers, and said it was a “privilege and honour” to lead a club with such a successful history.
He has been training a large squad, including Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill, at Cobham, with only eight Chelsea players away at the World Cup.
The 44-year-old explained his reasons for joining Chelsea after Enzo Maresca left in January,
City players who are not involved in World Cup action are expected to return for pre-season in mid-July.
But without Maresca being in place, any player potentially considering their future at the club has remained in limbo as they are yet to meet the new boss for talks.
Transfer business has continued in the background though and City have already had two bids rejected for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson.
