Fabrizio Romano: MCFC agree deal for "superb" £12.6m machine, Pep should be thrilled - opinion

Manchester City are reportedly closing in on securing a deal to sign RSC Anderlecht left-back Sergio Gomez.

In a recent Twitter post, journalist and transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, had this to say on the matter.

“Excl: Sergio Gómez to Manchester City, here we go! Verbal agreement reached with Anderlecht. Fee will be more than €10m, closer to €15m – to be signed soon.”

Romano then added that Gomez “has good chances to be part of City team – otherwise, he will be loaned out to La Liga side Girona.”

In addition to seeing Oleksandr Zinchenko join Arsenal, the Citizens also missed out on signing Marc Cucurella before he eventually joined Chelsea after being linked with a move to City.

This shows why the Manchester club have been looking to bring Gomez in to strengthen their left-back position, should he end up staying at the Etihad Stadium rather than being loaned out to Girona, as Romano mentioned.

It also makes it safe to say that Pep Guardiola will be over the moon to see a new left-back brought in before the summer transfer window closes.

After spending time in Barcelona’s youth ranks, the Spaniard joined Borussia Dortmund in 2018 before making his move to Belgium last summer.

With 49 appearances to his name across all competitions last season, the 21-year-old ended up scoring seven goals and delivering 15 assists along the way.

In fact, with 34 league appearances under his belt last season, the full-back delivered more crosses (284) than any other player at the Belgian club, as well as racking up the third-highest number of interceptions (53) and the fourth-highest number of successful tackles (32).

This shows just how dangerous he can be up the pitch and how useful he can be without the ball in a defensive sense.

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