Man City accused in furious transfer row as target 'terminates contract'

Manchester City have been accused by Real Valladolid of being behind young defender Juma Bah's decision to terminate his contract with the Spanish club.

The Blues are looking to sign the 18-year-old defender as a future prospect, buying him in the January window but loaning him out rather than keeping him with Pep Guardiola's squad as they build for the next years. Valladolid claim that they were in negotiations over the player on Monday, only to be stunned on Tuesday by the defender's actions that they have blamed City for.

A statemen read: "Abdulai Juma Bah and his agent informed Real Valladolid yesterday afternoon of their intention to unilaterally break the contract that binds both parties. Previously, yesterday afternoon, Manchester City sent a statement asking Real Valladolid to open negotiations for the player for a possible permanent transfer.

"Today, the Sierra Leonean has decided not to show up at his workplace for morning training. For all these reasons, the club holds the player responsible for the breach of his contractual commitments, and has asked its legal department to initiate disciplinary action in this regard.

"The club considers that Manchester City, a member of the City Football Group, is behind the player's decision, and appears to have advised the player to take this route, which puts Real Valladolid in a defenceless position, after having recently rejected financial offers of a higher amount, even more so when the player is in the protected legal period of his youth stage and, in recent days, had refused to sign the player's license with a higher-category Blanquivioleta team, since this would entail an automatic increase in his termination clause. The club warned the three parties about this