Football transfer rumours: Manchester City to join race for Wilfried Zaha?

Today’s fluff has put itself in the shop window

The day will come when the Mill can announce that it is a target for Manchester City. Picture it: Rumour Mill City (RMC), blowing every other purveyor of transfer piffle and waffle out of the water. We will all belong to City soon. Not yet, though. City, who have told Real Madrid not to bother asking about Sergio Agüero, remain focused on spreading the Word of Pep to every footballer in existence, which is they’ve responded to news of Arsenal and Chelsea eyeing Wilfried Zaha by entering the race for the Crystal Palace winger. They’ll hand over £40m to make sure that Zaha receives a proper football education from Professor Pep.

If they’re feeling generous, though, they might let Manchester United sign Alex Sandro from Juventus for £60m. City have their eyes on another left-back anyway, sending scouts to watch the Augsburg hotshot Philipp Max in his team’s recent 3-3 draw with Freiburg. Max has 10 assists in 17 games this season and would provide cheap cover for the injured Benjamin Mendy.

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