It was taking on soap opera tints. And it is that after the departure of Zinchenko to Arsenal, Guardiola has between eyebrow and eyebrow to be done with Cucurella. The team’s attempts citizen to take over the Spanish side have not stopped in recent days. In fact, it seemed that it would not happen due to the large amount of money that Brighton was asking for. Up to 35 million euros rejected the seagullsputting the player at 50 million.
Manchester City seemed to give it up, especially after contemplating the demands from Brighton. From the leadership of the Mancunian club other names were already being considered, such as that of the Benfica player, Grimaldo, in case the ‘Cucurella operation’ failed.
Sin embargo, jplayer and Manchester City had reached a verbal agreement weeks ago in the absence of the final signature between clubs. Now, as reported The Sunthat agreement would have come to fruition, causing Cucurella to become a Manchester City player for 36 million euros, a figure that Brighton would have liked after a few weeks of high pretensions in the negotiations.
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