Pep Guardiola already has the first objective to reinforce the Manchester City the next season. He has set his sights on Serie A, specifically the Franco-Algerian Ismaël Bennacer, of Milan.
Even, as he points out RMC Sport , the Spanish coach has already contacted the midfielder of the Italian team to make him see the interest. Bennacer is a midfielder with a good touch on the ball, who does not wrinkle in defensive work either. Guardiola sees him as a bet for the future and to give rest to the Spanish Rodrigo and Gündogan.
The Premier would not be strange to him. The 22-year-old footballer made the leap to the Arsenal in 2015, after standing out in his hometown club Arles. In the London team he did not make his debut in the league and left on loan to Tours. Then he dissociated himself from the gunners to start a new stage at Empoli, it was 2017. Two good campaigns for the Italian team and after conquering the African Cup in 2019 with Algeria, caught the attention of a great from Italy. He arrived at Milan last summer, in exchange for 16 million euros, where his game has not gone unnoticed by City. PSG is another team that has the Franco-Algerian on his agenda for the upcoming season. Bennacer He has been an international with Algeria since 2016, after being a regular in France's lower categories.
With the club rossonero has a contract until 2024 and Milan before the interest of other teams refers to its exit clause of about 50 million euros. Should his departure crystallize, Milan will close a round business, since in less than a year it will have tripled the price paid by the player.