{"id":527979,"date":"2023-09-20T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=527979"},"modified":"2023-09-20T06:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T05:50:00","slug":"sources-man-city-15m-offer-for-barco-will-be-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-man-city-15m-offer-for-barco-will-be-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Man City \u00a315m offer for Barco likely to be accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Man City could land young Boca Juniors left-back Valentin Barco for a fee of around \u00a315million, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football Insider <\/strong>revealed on Monday (18 September) that City are confident of agreeing a deal for the 19-year-old in January.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barco has a release clause of around \u00a310million in his contract with Boca, which expires in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is believed he could sign a new deal with the Buenos Aires outfit to protect his transfer value – but would nonetheless cost around \u00a315million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That fee is not likely to present an obstacle for top English sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-placed source has told Football Insider<\/strong> that Man City, Brighton and Juventus all looked into a potential move for Barco<\/a> in the summer window \u2013 but a transfer failed to materialise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is believed the Seagulls could push hard again to rival Pep Guardiola’s side for the signature of the left-back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brighton, who now have a reputation for nurturing the world’s best talent, could offer Barco a quicker pathway to first-team football in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Man City remain confident of securing the youngster’s signature to resolve their left-back worries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City lined up with new signing Josko Gvardiol at left-back in their 3-1 win over West Ham on Saturday (16 September) – with fringe star Sergio Gomez the only natural left-back on their books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barco, who came through the youth ranks at Boca Juniors, has made 19 appearances in this calendar year, notching one goal and two assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also represented Argentina at the Under-20 World Cup earlier this year, starting three out of four games as they were eliminated in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Man City star on \u00a3500,000-a-week after agreeing record deal.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Man City could land young Boca Juniors left-back Valentin Barco for a fee of around \u00a315million, sources have told Football Insider. Football Insider revealed on Monday (18 September) that City are confident of agreeing a deal for the 19-year-old in January. Barco has a release clause of around \u00a310million in his contract with Boca, which …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":527992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[2982,7,4,612],"tags":[669,13],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528044,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527979\/revisions\/528044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}