Don Balon - April 19th 2017
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City's most secret negotiation in Madrid
"Pep Guardiola's Manchester City is carrying out a very secret negotiation in Madrid. The British team has marked the signing of a player as one of their top priorities for next summer and is working on it from the shadows. In this case, it is a player of the Atletico Madrid squad. Its departure, in addition, will be a hard blow for the schemes of Cholo simeone with view to the next season. Saúl Ñíguez has become the main objective of the citizen ensemble in the Spanish capital. Pep Guardiola is very seductive the style of this young midfielder, both for their individual technique and the danger that their arrivals to the area from the second line bring, and already gave the necessary instructions to the top of the club to try to accelerate his signing."
Atletico's transfer ban has halted this for now but next season Pep could renew his interest. One to keep an eye on this coming season.