PSG’s future opponent in the Champions League, Manchester City wants to strengthen its squad this winter and is particularly targeting promising Brazilian central defender Vitor Reis (18 years old), who was announced in PSG’s sights last summer.
Disappointing 6th in the Premier League, 12 points behind Liverpool, Manchester City is having its worst season under Pep Guardiola and could well take advantage of the winter transfer window to begin an overhaul of its squad, even if it should be remembered that winter recruits City and other clubs will not be able to play the two Champions League matches in January.
In addition to working on the file of the Uzbek central defender of Lens Abdukodir Khusanov (20 years old) and Frankfurt’s Egyptian striker Omar Marmoush (25 years old), Manchester City has accelerated in recent hours on Vitor Reisgreat hope of Brazilian football as a central defender. Aged 18, the 1m86 player was launched into the Palmeiras first team in 2024 and played 33 matches for the Brazilian club last year.
Manchester City offers more than €40m for Vitor Reis
Last August, a few weeks after his first steps in the first team, ESPN Brasil revealed an interest from Arsenal, Real Madrid and PSG for Vitor Reis, under contract until December 31, 2028, with a release clause set at 100 million euros. Not surprising since PSG has wanted to replace Milan Skriniar since last summer while starting to prepare for the post-Marquinhos era.
-But according to the latest news, it is Manchester City who hold the lead in this matter. According to information from UOL Esporte since confirmed by Fabrizio Romano, ESPN Brasil and The Athletic, City have already reached a verbal agreement with Vitor Reis and are preparing an offer of 40 million euros, plus bonuses, to Palmeiras. City would be in a hurry to complete the transfer and would ideally like to be able to count on the Brazilian this winter.
For its part, Palmeiras initially wanted to keep its nugget until this summer and the Club World Cup in the United States and had refused 25 million euros from Brighton on December 16. In the event that the transfer to City materializes, Vitor Reis would become the most expensive central defender in the history of Brazilian football, ahead of a certain Lucas Beraldo, transferred just a year ago from São Paulo FC to PSG for 20 million euros.
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