Manchester City are reportedly confident they can beat Premier League rivals Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool to the signing of a £70million wonderkid. The reigning champions focused on buying star talent in the summer window, smashing the British transfer record to sign Jack Grealish for £100m.
But having allowed Sergio Aguero to depart on a free transfer, Pep Guardiola had also wanted to sign a new striker.
Harry Kane had been their top target, but they were unwilling to match Tottenham’s £150m valuation of the England captain.
That meant that Guardiola was forced to settle for the remaining options at the Etihad Stadium - Ferran Torres and Gabriel Jesus.
It has proved to be an acceptable compromise so far, with City having won four of their six top-flight matches so far.
But having been the Premier League’s highest scorers by some distance last season, City have five teams ahead of them in those standings this time around.
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