Today’s piffle is blinded by the light
Being a child of the 70s, The Mill knows that you can only build something meaningful with Mecano if you’re an absolute obsessive. So when we heard that
Pep Guardiola was interested in Dayot Upamecano it made perfect sense. The
Manchester City manager is is just the right kind of studious nerd to be able to grab his tools and bolt the Leipzig centre-back on to his broken defence in time for a renewed tilt at defending their
Premier League title in January. The 21-year-old was a target for
Arsenal and
Tottenham Hotspur in the summer and would cost around £50m, which is about the the standard rate when City come calling for a defender.
And could City be the club who have had a £13m bid rejected by
Barcelona for Ivan Rakitic? Probably not, but reports in
Catalonia suggest the Spanish champions want £17m more from the Premier League club who threw a cheeky bid in for the Croatia international recently.
Manchester United have had a firm interest in Rakitic this season – and Arsenal need someone to play in midfield if Granit Xhaka won’t, don’t they?