Man City approach Wolves crunch talks after Matheus Nunes goes on strike

29.08.2023 - 11:39 manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester City will have to thrash out a deal with Wolves in the final days of the transfer window if they are to land Matheus Nunes.

The Blues saw a £47m bid rejected for the Portugal midfielder last week, and while they are expected to return with another offer there is less certainty that a deal will be done amid expectation that they will not be willing to go up to the £60m asking price that Wolves have set.

That would leave the club either gambling on Wolves to soften their terms, working on a compromise, or walking away. Nunes refused to train with Wolves over the weekend in a clear sign that he wants the deal to be done, although that act does not indicate that negotiations are going as the player wants them to.

Riyad Mahrez pulled a similar trick at Leicester in January 2018 to push through a move to City, but had to wait until the summer to get his wish and Nunes will be aware that he may not get a second chance to join the Premier League champions.

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LONDON: English Premier League spending was hurtling toward a staggering $3 billion in a record outlay during European soccer’s summer transfer window on Friday. Manchester City and — of course — Chelsea were among those making moves on a typically frantic deadline day. Chelsea were leading the unprecedented splurge, with the arrival of 21-year-old winger Cole Palmer from City for 40 million pounds ($50.7 million) taking the west London club’s spending in this window to around $500 million. In the three transfer windows under their new American ownership fronted by Todd Boehly, Chelsea have spent about $1.15 billion on players mostly signed up on long contracts in an innovative way to spread “amortization” costs of transfer fees. By comparison, the $260 million outlay by City, the English and European champion, look modest. The fourth and final arrival in the window came on deadline day and was Portugal international Matheus Nunes from Wolverhampton, a ball-carrier costing $67 million and providing extra depth in central midfield. Central midfielders were also priorities for Liverpool and Manchester United, who were attempting to tie up the signings of Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich and Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina, respectively, in the final hours of the window. It was a busy day for United, which signed left back Sergio Reguilón on loan from Tottenham as cover for the injured Luke Shaw and goalkeeper Altay Bayindir on a transfer from Fenerbahce to back up Andre Onana.

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