Football transfer rumours: Manchester City to move for Ryan Bertrand?

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With Benjamin Mendy expected to be sidelined until mid-April with the knee injury he suffered while playing against Crystal Palace in September, Fabian Delph has been filling in at left-back for Manchester City, while Pep Guardiola has also pointed out that Danilo, Fernandinho and “even Oleksandr Zinchenko can play there”.

Such a wealth of options hasn’t stopped City being linked with Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand and tabloid reports suggest the player could swap clubs during the January transfer window. Already a Champions League winner with Chelsea, having made his debut in the 2012 final against Bayern Munich, Bertrand is also being linked with a return to Stamford Bridge and could join Cedric and Virgil van Dijk in a potential exodus of defenders from St Mary’s that is unlikely to please Southampton fans should it come to pass. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is also reported to be keen on Cedric, who was also linked with a summer move to Tottenham Hotspur, while Van Dijk’s eagerness to leave Southampton for Liverpool, Chelsea or Barcelona has been well documented.

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