Manchester City have tabled a new cash-plus-player proposal for Aston Villa star Jack Grealish, according to reports.
English stars eyed
Recent days have of course seen speculation surrounding the transfer efforts of Premier League champions City move up a notch.
This comes with the Sky Blues, despite having come within inches of a domestic and European double last time out, desperate to add further world-class talent to the club’s already star-studded ranks.
Most heavily linked with an Etihad switch to this point in the summer has of course been Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
In fact, just last month, word was forthcoming that the Citizens had seen a big-money bid for Spurs’ star man rejected by Daniel Levy and co.
If an unlikely deal for Kane could eventually be struck, though, Pep Guardiola would not be prepared to bring an end to his summer outlay with just the English international.
This comes with the City boss also keen on Three Lions teammate Jack Grealish.
Reports over recent days have pointed towards those in a position of power at the Etihad stepping up their efforts to lure the midfield creator to Manchester, with ‘direct contact’ been initiated with Aston Villa.
Rogers in swap proposal
And, as outlined above, on Friday, a major update surrounding such a move coming to fruition has been forthcoming.
As per Rob Dawson of ESPN, City have tabled a big-money, offer worth 90 million, along with the services of youngster Morgan Rogers, in their latest effort to coax Villa into a sale:
If the initial reaction to rumours of the proposal is anything to go by, though, then the potential inclusion of Rogers – held in high regard on the blue of Manchester – would no go down all that well with many Citizens supporters: