Manchester City have identified Roma\u2019s Manu Kon\u00e9 as a potential target to strengthen further Enzo Maresca\u2019s options in midfield.<\/p>\n
While City have already bought Elliot Anderson<\/a> for \u00a3116m and are closing in on the \u00a385m signing of Lille\u2019s Ayyoub Bouaddi<\/a>, Maresca admires Kon\u00e9 for his dynamic mode of play. He would be expected to cost about \u00a350m.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old impressed for France at the World Cup, playing five of their eight matches. France won all four of the games he started.<\/p>\n If signed, Kon\u00e9 would add elite-level experience to Maresca\u2019s squad, which is now without Rodri<\/a> after Spain\u2019s World Cup-winning captain was sold to Barcelona for about \u00a365m on Tuesday.<\/p>\n While Anderson was a first-choice alongside Declan Rice for England at the World Cup and made his Premier League debut for Newcastle in 2021, at 18 Bouaddi<\/a> is still relatively inexperienced.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, another City midfielder departed when Tijjani Reijnders was sold to Al-Qadsiah in a deal worth about \u00a351m after only one season at the club. While the Dutchman operates as a No 8, Nico Gonz\u00e1lez, who plays as a defensive midfielder, may also follow<\/a> before the window closes on 1 September.<\/p>\n