Manchester City choose De Bruyne's replacement, this would be needed to sign him

Manchester City has had a certainly difficult transfer market. Pep Guardiola's team has not finished closing all its goals and, furthermore, it has gone through with the uncertainty of the continuity of some of its elements such as Bernardo Silva or Kyle Walker. It seems that Gundogan's departure was not an isolated case, and everything was complicated by De Bruyne's most recent injury.

Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol have been the two renowned signings made by the club, which must now urgently go out on the transfer market in search of a midfielder who can replace De Bruyne, who would be out for a few months because he will have to have surgery.

According to Matteo Moretto, after the complexity of the case of Lucas Paqueta, who is being investigated for possible involvement in sports betting, the club chooses Florian Wirtz, from Bayern Leverkusen, as the player who could fill the role of De Bruyne for the next season.

What does Manchester City need for De Bruyne to arrive?

According to Matteo Moretto, Manchester City have inquired about the situation of Florian Wirtz. The Bayer Leverkusen attacking mildfielder likes Pep Guardiola a lot, however he seems like a very complicated signing. This because of the importance of this player in his current club, and the reduced amount of time in this transfer window.