He has already given 411,100,000 euros for the defenders, and it is not enough: Guardiola wants a left-back of 60,000,000

Pep Guardiola is again spending millions on defenders. Due to injuries, Benjamin Mendy did not justify the trust at the Etihad, so Manchester City allegedly turned a blind eye to the 18-year-old defender of Lisbon Sporting, Nuno Mendes.

The young defender has shined in Lisbon this season. He played 34 games in Sporting's campaign for the first domestic title after 19 years. And City don't need much time to react. According to the Daily Mail, the new champion of England contacted Mendes' manager Miguel Pinho, who also represents the interests of Bruno Fernandez from Manchester United.

He loves those Portuguese defenders: Guardiola and Ruben Dias (©REUTERS/Rui Vieira )

The Lions responded with a request for a record-breaking transfer, and since the current record is in Fernandez's possession - he arrived at Old Trafford for 55,000,000 euros - Mendes will not be cheap. It is speculated that the price will not be below 60,000,000 euros, although the Portuguese will try to extract a maximum of 70,000,000, which is the amount of the exit clause in the contract of this 18-year-old player.

City, on the other hand, are not even considering the amount of more than 60,000,000. And that by giving Sporting 50,000,000 in cash and leaving them Pedro Porro, a 21-year-old right-back, who has been playing on loan for the last two seasons.

Guardiola is looking for a left-back after injuries 'wounded' Mendy since he arrived from Monaco in the 2017/2018 season for 57,500,000 euros, which made him the most expensive left-back in the world until Lucas Hernandez's transfer to Bayern.

However, instead of Mendy, the position along the left outline had to be covered by Joao Cancello (arrived from Juventus for 65,000,000), Emerick Laport (from Athletic Bilbao, also for 65,000,000) or most often Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ufa, 2,000). 000) who was moved from the midfield.

Speaking of how crucial defence is for Guardiola, he gave Benfica 68,000,000 for Ruben Diaz, another 55,600,000 to Everton for John Stones, that he brought Kyle Walker from Tottenham for 52,700,000, Nathan Ake from Bournemouth for 45,300,000. He also gave 30,000,000 euros for Real's Danilo, but in the meantime, he was sold to Juventus for 37,000,000.

All this shows that the Spanish expert is not very satisfied with the solutions he has on the left-back. Citizens will play against Newcastle in the Premier League matchday 36 on Friday (22.00), and it was announced that Joao Cancello would play on the left sideline. It is otherwise natural for the Portuguese to play at right-back.