Manchester City interested in Atletico Madrid left-back Renan Lodi

Manchester City will look at adding a senior left-back to Pep Guardiola’s squad and are assessing several options on a shortlist that includes Atletico Madrid’s Renan Lodi.

Sergio Gomez, 21, is on the verge of arriving at the Etihad Stadium in an £11 million deal from Anderlecht but could yet be loaned out this season should City land another full-back to play regularly in Guardiola’s first team.

When the Spain Under-21 international completes the formalities of his deal, City will remain in the market for a left-back following Oleksandr Zinchenko’s move to Arsenal this summer.

City were interested in a deal for Marc Cucurella at Brighton but refused to get drawn into a bidding war for the Spaniard, who ended up moving to Chelsea in a deal worth £60m and leaving the Premier League champions without their target to add to Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips as first-team summer signings.

Atletico are braced for interest in Lodi in the final weeks of the summer transfer window. The Brazil international, 24, has been a regular at the Wanda Metropolitano for his three full seasons since joining from Athletico Paranaense.

Lodi, who won La Liga two seasons ago, is the profile of player who would fit straight into Guardiola’s team, but Atletico may view him in the same price bracket as Cucurella. He has a long-term contract with three seasons remaining.

Portugal right-back Raphael Guerreiro is also a player under consideration and has just one year left on his contract at Borussia Dortmund. The 28-year-old has a wealth of experience in European football after seven seasons at Westfalenstadion and an international career that saw him play in the final and win the Euros in 2016.

City have also tracked Croatia full-back Borna Sosa