straight to your inbox Yan Couto says a personal guarantee of first team football from Pep Guardiola persuaded him to change his mind from joining Barcelona and sign for Manchester City.Couto, 17, completed his transfer to City earlier this year for an initial fee of €6m, with the fee set to double if he makes five Premier League or Champions League appearances for the Blues.
The right-back was set to move to Manchester this month after finishing the season with Coritiba, but the global pandemic means he remains in Brazil and is more likely to join in August or September.When he does finally join his new teammates at the City Football Academy, Couto says he has been assured of getting the chance to break into the City first team after.
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