Arsenal transfer target Alex Grimaldo ‘offered to Man City as alternative to Brighton defender Marc Cucurella’

MANCHESTER CITY have been offered Alex Grimaldo as an alternative to Marc Cucurella, according to reports.
Grimaldo, 26, is available for transfer this summer - with Arsenal having been linked with the Benfica ace earlier this month.
City are aiming to strengthen at left-back after agreeing to sell Oleksandr Zinchenko to the Gunners for £30million.
They do not want to pay more than they received for Zinchenko on Cucurella, although Brighton are demanding £50m.
Unless the two sides can reach a compromise, City will look elsewhere.
According to I News, the Premier League champions have been offered Grimaldo in a cut-price deal.
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With just one year remaining on his contract, the Spaniard could be available for as little as £6m.
Grimaldo is believed to have been offered to several Premier League clubs this summer as Benfica look to cash in.
Arsenal were a potential suitor, although their move for Zinchenko likely ends any possibilities of them moving for another left-back.
Grimaldo has made 246 appearances for Benfica since joining from Barcelona in 2016.
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In that time he has scored 19 goals and laid on 50 assists.
City are also interested in Stuttgart’s Borna Sosa as another possible Cucurella alternative.
City have already added Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips, Julian Alvarez and Stefan Ortega this summer.
On further incomings, Pep Guardiola said: "We will see about another signing.
“Txiki (Begiristain) and his department are scouting, he’ll know what is best for the team."