Manchester City have commenced talks to sign Borussia Dortmund centre-back, Manuel Akanji.
Akanji is into the final year of his contract and has yet to make an appearance for Dortmund this season.
City manager, Pep Guardiola, did not rule out bringing in more signings before Thursday’s transfer deadline when he spoke to the press in his news conference ahead of Wednesday’s game against Nottingham Forest.
Guardiola, when asked about any further transfer business, said: “I don’t know, I don’t know what will happen.”
Akanji has also been a target for Inter Milan this summer.
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There were reports that Dortmund want between £13m (€15m) and £17m (€20m) to sell the Swiss international.
City have four senior centre-backs in their squad, but Aymeric Laporte has yet to make an appearance this season due to injury.
Ruben Dias, John Stones, and Nathan Ake have competed for minutes but the latter is also currently also sidelined.
Akanji moved to Dortmund from Basel in 2018 and has been a first-team regular since his arrival. He made 36 appearances in all competitions last term.
But the 27-year-old has been pushed down the pecking order at Dortmund with the summer arrivals of Niklas Sule from Bayern Munich and Nico Schlotterbeck from Freiburg.
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