Man City make £5.5 million bid for Atletico Mineiro's highly-rated Brazilian 17-year-old winger Savio
Published 15/02/2022 at 21:11 GMT
Manchester City have made a £5.5 million bid for Atletico Mineiro's 17-year-old winger Savio. Negotiations for the highly-rated Brazilian are ongoing, and any deal would include add-ons and a sell-on fee. If Savio did move to the Premier League, he would swell the Brazilian contingent at City, which already contains the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Ederson.
Pep Guardiola could be set to raid Brazil again to strengthen his squad.
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Manchester City could be set to sign Atletico Mineiro's 17-year-old wonderkid Savio.
The Citizens are understood to have made a £5.5 million bid, with negotiations to secure Savio's services ongoing.
If the deal goes ahead, it would be the second time in the past year that City have signed a Brazilian teenager, having picked up Kayky from Fluminense last April.
Kayky wouldn't be the only compatriot Savio - also known as Savinho - would find at the Etihad Stadium, with Gabriel Jesus, Ederson and Fernandino creating something of a Brazilian diaspora in the north-west.
The proposed agreement for the winger - as reported by Fabrizio Romano - would entail add-ons and a sell-on fee.
City are believed to have stolen a march on Arsenal and the Red Bull group for the young starlet, who may join PSV Eindhoven on loan next season if the deal gets done.
Savio, a member of the Brazil under-15 side that won the South American under-15 Championship in 2019, only signed his first professional contract with Mineiro in June 2020, making his debut the following September.
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