straight to your inbox Manchester City have sent a third player on loan to sister club Girona as summer signing Yan Couto leaves for a taste of first team football.
The 18-year-old, who joined from Coritiba earlier this year for an initial £5.5m, was hoping to get a chance to impress Pep Guardiola in pre-season training with the first team.
However, the global pandemic delayed his arrival in Manchester, and it seems that chance was lost. City had beaten Barcelona to the signing of U17 World Champion Couto, with the influence of Pep Guardiola, Fernandinho and other first-team members important in assuring him he would be part of the first-team picture.
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