With Vincent Kompany leaving Manchester City, the club will definitely be on search for another defender to fill his space. Harry Maguire of Leciester City is reported to be on the radar.
Harry Maguire over the years at Leicester City has established himself as one of Europe’s most stylish defenders and starred in England’s progress to the World Cup semi-finals last summer.
That feat alone has led to huge interest in the player from Manchester United, with reports suggesting the Foxes valued the 26-year-old in excess of the £75m Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018.
However, the Mail suggests City are readying a whooping £85m offer to tempt the Foxes to cash in on the defender and give Brendan Rodgers a massive transfer warchest of his own.
Although Leicester boss, Brendan Rogers has insisted the club would do anything to keep their top stars but he admitted the door may be left open if a huge approach came in.
“All I know is that when you have good players, they will always be of interest, and the squad is full of very talented players,” Rodgers said.
“All I can do is create an environment so that they enjoy coming to work, where they feel that they can get better.
“From that, they grow and develop. And from then on, if players need to move on from that, it will always be a decision between the club and them.
“At this moment in time, all the players are happy and working well. We want to continue on that path. But knowing how the game works, clubs always lose players, but we will always fight to keep our best players.
“When they play to a high level consistently, that will always bring interest. The club will always do its best. You can never say the player will definitely be here. But the club will do its very best.
“All the players here enjoy playing for Leicester City, I’m quite relaxed on the situation with all the players.”
Vincent Kompany leaves Manchester City
Less than 24 hours after lifting the FA Cup, 33-year-old, Vincent Kompany announced he had been appointed as player-manager of Belgian side Anderlecht, a club he joined at the age of six.
Kompany who arrived Manchester City from Hamburg in 2008 became captain in 2012 and has helped the team win 10 trophies, including this year’s domestic treble. He played over 360 games.