Man City plans ‘stunning move’ to re-sign player Pep Guardiola and may leave after buy-back clause is revealed – Transfer News

Manchester City could re-sign one of their former players after it was revealed that Pep Guardiola’s side are ‘monitoring’ an ex-player of theirs.

City perhaps have endured the most difficult period Guardiolas time at the Etihad Stadium since joining the club in 2016 after five straight defeats in all competitions.

Last weekend, Guardiola’s side stunned Tottenham Hotspur as the north London side beat them 4-0 at home.

James Maddison’s first-half double gave Spurs a 2–0 lead and stunned City, while Pedro Porro scored a third shortly after half-time before Brennan Johnson completed the rout in stoppage time.

The result left City eight points behind current Premier League leaders Liverpool after Arne Slot’s side came from behind to beat Southampton 3-2 and extend their lead at the top of the table.

City are back in action in the Champions League tonight as they take on Dutch side Feyenoord at the Etihad Stadium and Guardiola’s men are currently tenth in the new expanded group stage.

One area of ​​the City squad that may be light is the centre-forward, with Erling Haaland the only senior option available after The sale of Julian Alvarez to Atletico Madrid in the summer.

And one player City could target in a bid to boost their attacking options is a youngster who came through the club’s youth team and only left permanently in the summer.

Liam Delap joined City’s academy from Derby County in 2019 and spent time on loan at Championship clubs Stoke City, Preston North End and Hull City before leaving this summer.

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Delapthe son of former Stoke player Rory, made a total of six appearances for City, scoring once in his time there, but moved to Ipswich Town in the summer for a fee of up to £20 million, completing a five-year contract took. deal on Portman Road.

The 21-year-old has impressed so far for the Tractor boysscored six Premier League goals, and that form appears to have caught the attention of Delap’s former club.

According to Football insiderCity are ‘keeping an eye’ on Delap and it is believed a buy-back clause has been included in the deal that brought him to Suffolk.

It is also said that a sell-on clause is in place should Ipswich eventually sell Delap to a club other than City, but the report states that City will ‘weigh the merits’ of exercising the striker’s buy-back clause when it becomes active.