straight to your inboxManchester City will have to shell out £22.7m to sign Nicolas Tagliafico from Ajax in the final days of the transfer window.Pep Guardiola is keen to add a left-back before the market shuts, having strengthened the middle of his defence with the club-record signing of Ruben Dias from Benfica earlier this week.Tagliafico is an option, and is seen as more attainable than David Alaba given both his situation at Bayern Munich and the relations between the Bavarian club and the Blues.
The Ajax defender, who signed from Independiente in 2018, would be open to a switch to the Premier League and the opportunity to play at City but it is understood that the Blues are yet to make contact.That may be explained by the need for City.
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