Man city have already been given green light to secure bargain £25m transfer

It looks set to be a busy summer transfer window for most Premier League clubs and Manchester City have already made the decision to walk away from a potential deal for Bayer Leverkusen star

Florian Wirtz. The Germany international looks set to join Liverpool instead and City's search for Kevin De Bruyne's successor will take a different path. Nottingham Forest

midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White is another player of interest but after Forest secured European qualification, they are set to hold out for around £100million to part ways with their star man.

So when one of the best young talents in Europe becomes available at £20-25million, City would be stupid to ignore him and that is why they have now been heavily linked with a move for Lyon

star Rayan Cherki. The 21-year-old has confirmed he is leaving Lyon this summer and he has matured into a brilliant footballer. Manchester United fans saw the French Under-21

international's quality first hand across both legs of their Europa League quarter-final last month and his Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca believes he can go to 'another level' at

a top club. "Rayan is an amazing player," Fonseca said before Lyon's tie with United. "Technically he can decide one game alone. He is doing very, very well. He's

assisting a lot our team to score. "I think he needs to improve some things, but he has amazing, amazing quality. "I have no doubt in the future Rayan will play at another level,

in the best teams in Europe, because he's a different player. "It's not easy to find young players with the quality of Rayan. I have no doubt the future will be amazing for

Rayan. "I have been at some big clubs and I have rarely seen this kind of player. Sometimes, in the middle of a session, I ask myself: ‘How does he see these things?'" Cherki

scored 12 goals and registered 20 assists in all competitions this season and he can play right across the attacking midfield positions. That versatility will be crucial for City and Pep

Guardiola is keen to add more goal contributions from his players playing behind forward Erling Haaland. With those numbers behind him, his potential to improve and the fact he is available

at a cut-price fee make a move for Cherki a no-brainer. He has been compared to Riyad Mahrez and like Guardiola did with the former Leicester man, he could elevate Cherki's game to

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