Man City Competes With Juventus And Bayern Munich To Fight For Joao Palhinha

Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha. (Instagram @joaopalhinha6)

JAKARTA - Defending midfielder Fulham Joao Palhinha is up for grabs by elite European teams. Most recently, Manchester City is ready to compete with Juventus and Bayern Munich to get Palhinha.

Palhinha is a player targeted by the top teams. Moreover, Man City manager Pep Guardiola is ready to open competition with Juve and Bayern. Not only that, Liverpool are also interested in bringing this Portuguese national team player.

Guardiola thinks Palhinha is the most appropriate person to strengthen the central sector of The Cityzens. It's just that when targeting this 28-year-old player, Guardiola actually threw away his own player, Kalvin Phillips.

Ya, Phillips bakal dilepas Man City. Pemain itu pun sudah menjadi target tim lain. Di antaranya, Juve dan Fulham yang menunjukkan kesertahan. Ini bisa membuka petasan perangkalan pemain.

Man City is likely to exchange Phillips with Palhinha. However, Man City still spent money to redeem Palhinha because the price reached 60 million.

Another scenario, Man City still gets Palhinha, but Phillips has the opportunity to go to Juve on loan. This gives him the opportunity to taste the Italian Serie A while securing his position in the England national team.

Phillips himself wants to leave Man City in order to get more hours of matches at the club. Thus, his chances of joining the England squad competing at Euro 2024 will remain open.

Palhinha joins Fulham in 2022. The London club bought him from Sporting Lisbon for 20 million.

Since joining The Cottagers, Palhinha has scored six goals and provided one assist from 56 appearances. This season, he scored two goals and one assist during 16 plays with Fulham in various competitions.

Palhinha actually almost joined Bayern at the start of this season. He has even flown to Germany for a medical test.

However, Fulham canceled his release because the club had not yet found a replacement for him. Now, Bayern mash is trying to recruit Palhinha.