Manchester City spoke with Jorge Mendes to try to sign Lamine Yamal!

Published:17/08/2023 - 00:07h

Updated:17/08/2023 - 00:07h

If an awake player illusion in the FC Barcelona at present is Lamine Yamal. The youngster, with only 16 years, already begins to be an important name of the first team, although the City of Guardiola wanted to avoid that

The Manchester City wants to keep growing like institution elite of the football and for this works in improving constantly his quarries, especially with the help of the more than 10 teams that controls along the world, with the Girona being the representative 'citizen' in Spain. Precisely with the Catalan team pretended 'assault' to the FC Barcelona with the signing of Lamine Yamal.

Like this it has explained it 'Sportive World this Wednesday, aiming the City wanted to fichar to the forward to the moment that it could sign his first professional agreement, already with 16 years. The team of Pep Guardiola, still with agreement of juvenile, spoke directly with Jorge Mendes to advance in the operation, but the player left clear that it wants to triumph with the T-shirt blaugrana.

By means of the Portuguese agent, the English team had planned fichar to Yamal and yield him to the Girona, where could foguearse, grow, take experience in LaLiga, form like player, enjoy of minutes minutes, at least a priori, and prepare to give the big jump to the Premier League. Besides, with 16 years would have complicated can give the jump to England of direct way.

The Barça has the wish of Lamine to follow like culé

However, the City did not convince to the player. The information signals that Yamal showed that it wants to triumph in the Barça, more now that knows that it is in front of one of the big opportunities of his career, with minutes in the first team and even with the option to be headline in front of the sanction of Raphinha. The sportive direction blaugrana, besides, ensured the player of his young promise and consider that it is more than armoured.

By the moment the Spanish forward has all agreed to renew by three seasons, the maximum allowed by the FIFA for a footballer of his age. To fault of official communiqué, the Barça has all agreed with Mendes to seal the first professional agreement of Yamal, moving away like this any doubt that Lamine could change of airs in the short term.