City finally decides to go for Mastantuono and puts the agreement with Madrid in check

Published:15/06/2024 - 08:53h

Updated:15/06/2024 - 08:53h

Franco Mastantuono could leave Real Madrid 'jilted' by Manchester City. Guardiola wants to incorporate the Argentine into his ranks and they have already made a move to get ahead of the meringues in the 'bid' for the player.

The Real Madrid, handling under his politics of signings based in incorporating to the young players more promising of the football, has looks it put in Franco Mastantuono to reinforce his staff of face to the future. The midfield player of 16 years likes a lot in the capital, in where they work incesantemente for closing his signing, but the Manchester City full 'water the party' of the merengues.

Like this they inform it from the newspaper 'SPORT', in where they ensure that until does few hours, the madridistas gave practically by done the arrival of Franco. The whites, of the hand of Juni Calafat (boss of scoutings of the club) and José Ángel Sánchez (general director of the entity) had reached an agreement salarial with the player of River Plate, 'blocking' of this way the interest of other clubs after receiving the 'himself want to' of the footballer.

The following step for the current champions of the League and the Champions is to close the negotiations with the leaders of River, which are opened from May. The 'Galllinas' have kept firm in his pretenciones, denying to recess the price of the clause of rescission of 'Masta', which is enciphered in 45 million euros. The merengues do not want to credit so much 'paste' by a footballer of hardly 16 years, by what expect to find a half point in the agreement with the 'Millionaire'.

However, the conversations can give an unexpected twist. According to the previously mentioned source, the City, led by Pep Guardiola, has entrometido in the negotiations and has decided 'launch' with everything to by Mastantuono, with the intention to make a 'operation express'. The 'skyblues' look for to advance to the Madrid negotiating directly with River, expecting arrive to an agreement of traspaso between the two clubs.

The good relation between clubs can be key

In favour of the mancunianos is the good existent relation between both entities. The English have direct line with the directive of River, since they have a team of work established in Buenos Aires. By this road closed the signings of Julián Álvarez and Claudio Echeverry, and now the 'citizens' look for to repeat the same formula with Mastantuono.