Manchester City are now linked with a big money move for a full-back but it doesn’t realistic | OneFootball

It seems that it is now a daily occurrence that Manchester City are linked with a right-back ahead of the summer transfer window. Lately, Feyenoord’s talented right-back Givairo Read, and Atalanta’s impressive young full-back Marco Palestra have been named as potential City transfer targets by Sky Sports and Gazetta. Those two particular players do seem to fit Manchester City’s model of signing players who can play now and develop into regular first-team contributors. A new report has once again linked City with a big-money summer move for Newcastle United full-back Tino Livramento. However, that doesn’t seem to be a realistic move given the price it would cost City to sign the England international.

Manchester City have now been linked with big-money summer move for Tino Livramento.

Graeme Bailey has reported for TeamTalk that Manchester City are prepared to break the transfer record for a right-back to sign Tino Livramento from Newcastle this summer. Furthermore, Bailey reports that Livramento is considered Manchester City’s dream target for the right-back role. It is also reported by Bailey that Livramento is considering his future at Newcastle. Bailey also reports that Arsenal have an interest in signing Livramento this summer.

It is hard to see City breaking the bank to sign Tino Livramento this summer.

The quality of Tino Livramento as a player isn’t in question. That is well-known. Durability is Livramento’s issue based off of his lengthy injury record during his career. These topics have been covered previously, and don’t need to be rehashed here. Graeme Bailey reports that City could launch a big-money move to sign Livramento from Newcastle, and that may not be feasible this summer.

The question for me is will Manchester City spend big on a right-back? They have Matheus Nunes who has solidified himself as top right-back in the Premier League this season. City do not seem to need to spend big to solve an issue at the position. City will also look to bolster their midfield this summer and that looks to be where Manchester City will spend big this summer. A big-money move for Tino Livramento isn’t impossible for City to complete, it just doesn’t seem to be practical at this stage.

Graeme Bailey also reports that Givairo Read and Brentford right-back Michael Kayode are on Manchester City’s shortlist of right-backs to pursue this summer. Those particular moves seem more realistic than City going big to sign Tino Livramento, in my opinion. That may change when the summer transfer window opens. As of right now, it doesn’t seem feasible that City will break the bank to sign Tino Livramento.