Coming from Fabrizio Romano this Morning Liverpool and Tottenham are leading the race to Sign £60 million rated Ex Man City star Pep Guardiola offloaded in 2022
Spurs and Liverpool are now keeping an eye on players that Man City sold in 2022.
Ko Itakura is being watched by Liverpool and Tottenham. Manchester City sold him in July 2022.
That’s what Fabrizio Romano says.
Thus, what is the situation with Ko Itakura? Let’s look…
City and Ko Itakura might play each other again.
The Citizens sold the Japanese player to Borussia Monchengladbach in July 2022 for only £5 million.
Itakura joined Manchester City from Kawasaki Frontale in January 2019 for a mere £1 million. The defender was then sent on loan to FC Groningen and then Schalke 04.
The 26-year-old player never played a single game for Manchester City, not even when he was younger.
Romeo now says that Itakura could be ready to fight Manchester City for first place in the Premier League with either Liverpool or Tottenham, since Jürgen Klopp and Ange Postecoglou are interested.
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The reliable Italian reporter says that the defender from Yokohama is being watched by many top teams, and Liverpool has sent scouts to watch him more than once.
So far this season, Itakura has played seven times in the Bundesliga and scored two goals.
Interest from Liverpool and Tottenham says a lot
Some people might say that Manchester City made a mistake by selling Itakura when Liverpool and Tottenham were also interested, but we think it’s a good thing for the Citizens.
It was only £1 million that Txiki Begiristain found a great potential. Things might have gone differently for the Japanese star if Pep Guardiola wasn’t already so rich.
Still, the fact that Klopp and Postecoglou are interested shows that the City Football Group’s hiring methods are effective. Perhaps the only thing that can be learned from this is that it’s better to keep these stars out on loan for a little longer rather than letting them leave permanently when possible.
Make sure you keep an eye on this because Itakura and Mancheste
r City could meet again soon.
