100 million pounds! The first signing of Manchester City this summer was confirmed, and Guardiola smiled when the midfielder was approaching

Just now, according to the exact news brought by British media Sky Sports. Premier League giants Manchester City are still exploring the transfer of Guimaraes, and they have contacted the player team again. For Manchester City, their goal of reinforcement this summer is not many, so they can focus on the transfer of Guimaraes. Manchester City can easily meet both the salary of players and the transfer budget.

It is reported that Manchester City are still dissatisfied with the team's overall lineup. Although the team successfully won the championship in the Premier League this season, their defeat in the Champions League made the team realize the weakness of the team. At this stage, Manchester City really looks very luxurious on paper, but the problem also exists, that is, the team's midfield. The midfield update in the transfer window last season did not meet expectations. The team released Jingduoan and other veteran players, but the newly introduced Kovacic and Nuness performed very poorly. Guashuai's effect in rotation is not ideal.

According to the original plan, the team can use the rotation of Kovacic and others to keep the team's midfield competitive when Debrao is injured. However, the reality is that these two midfield stars are embarrassed to be useful. During the period when Debrao was injured, the team could only let Forten retreat properly and arrange Alvarez to the original position of Debrao to get through the difficulty. However, the attack quality of Manchester City will naturally decline after the forward players are withdrawn or replaced. This is why the points of Manchester City League fell to the fourth place in the middle and early seasons. It can be said that the effect of blood exchange in midfield is not ideal, which is an important reason why Manchester City's performance this season did not meet expectations.

All this was naturally attributed to the hesitation of the Manchester City executives in the transfer window last year, when they had the opportunity to directly use 100 million euros to sign Rice to strengthen the team. However, the senior management thought that the price was too risky, and finally Arsenal succeeded in intercepting Rice in hesitation. Then Manchester City had to settle for the second place, signing Kovacic and Nuness. The total price of the two people is as high as 100 million, but the effect is obviously not as good as that of Rice alone.

To this day, many Manchester City fans still complain that they have spent the same price but bought players of two grades with poor results, which is really a bit of injustice. If Rice had been signed at that time, Manchester City might have entered the Champions League final this season. Therefore, after learning from the experience of Manchester City executives, they were very decisive in the transaction of Guimaraes this summer. According to Sky Sports reporter Jacobs, although Newcastle's willingness to sell is not strong, Manchester City is ready to directly activate the player's liquidated damages.

There is a £ 100 million cancellation clause in Guimaraes' contract, which is valid until the last week of June. City are ready to activate it directly to sign the player. Guimaraes played 50 games for Newcastle in various competitions this season, scoring 7 goals and sending 10 assists at the same time. For his type of midfielder, such data is very luxurious. And at the same time, he contributed 88 steals that all the Premier League midfielders could rank in the top two. It is obvious that his defense and hardness of the team have improved. As far as the player is concerned, he also has a very excellent dribbling attack ability. He has the exquisite footwork skills of Brazilian players, which makes him comfortable in the attack and defense rhythm of the Premier League. For the current Manchester City, the type of midfielder like Guimaraes is really what they need. His arrival can well share the defensive pressure in the back court of the team, and will also replace some of the responsibilities of Debroune.

It is very helpful for the renewal of the team's midfield and the composition of the new structure, which is why Manchester City is willing to spend 100 million pounds to sign it. Considering that the player is only 26 years old, this price is relatively appropriate. Moreover, Manchester City did not have many recruitment targets this summer, and it was easy to sign Guimarance in terms of their transfer budget. It is worth mentioning that the authoritative journalist Romano also confirmed this news, so this deal can be said to be a firm one in the next.