Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish set Manchester City back around £160m and are earning collectively £420k-per-week in wages, but the pair aren’t exactly delivering on the pitch.
Mahrez and Grealish have scored just two goals between them in the Premier League this season and reports from Italy (h/t Sport Witness) suggest City are considering a potential upgrade in Rafael Leao.
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The 23-year-old has been linked with City in the past and Vital Man City have played down the claims made as Guardiola is overstocked with forwards (Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Julian Alvarez), so a deal looks unlikely.
This latest report on says that City harbour an interest with Chelsea after his four goals and eight assists from 13 games for AC Milan this season, but Guardiola isn’t going to sell an existing forward to bring in another.
Grealish has only been a City player for one year while Mahrez signed a new deal over the summer, so Leao won’t be coming to the Etihad Stadium. The Portuguese international is a talented player who’d arguably be better than Grealish and Mahrez right now, but City won’t make an offer.
Milan aren’t looking to sell him either. They’re trying to tie him down to a new contract beyond 2024.
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