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Manchester City Transfer News: Eliaquim Mangala Exit Targeted, Latest Rumours
- Updated: August 11, 2016
Eliaquim Mangala’s nightmare stay at Manchester City is drawing to a close, with AC Milan and Valencia interested in signing the £42 million centre-half, wrote David Anderson of the Daily Mirror.
The France international has endured a largely torrid stay in England following his big-money switch from Porto in 2014 after failing to adapt to the high-tempo nature of the Premier League.
He has now voiced his intention to leave the Etihad Stadium, with the 25-year-old defender reportedly asking his agent to find him a new club, per L’Equipe (h/t Shamoon Hafez of BBC Sport).
Mangala is reportedly thought to be interested in a one-year loan away from the club, with newly appointed head coach Pep Guardiola still yet to make a final decision on the player’s importance to the first-team squad.
Per Sami Mokbel of MailOnline, the centre-back heads a contingent of fringe players his Spanish boss is eager to ship out, with Wilfried Bony, Samir Nasri and Jesus Navas among the list of prospective departees.
The £47.5 million signing of John Stones from Everton made the England international the world’s second-most expensive defender—according to BBC Sport—and left Mangala’s role near-untenable.
Former Wales international Daniel Gabbidon felt it would be vital that the former Toffee learned next to and from City’s stalwart and captain:
If Stones can learn off Pep & get to play with Kompany they will have some player if he plays with Mangala & Otamendi gonna be hard work
— Daniel Gabbidon (@Gabbidon35) August 9, 2016
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