Man City could repeat Savinho transfer trick amid 'talks' with £86m successor - he wants the move

Manchester City person moved rapidly to place a replacement for Savinho aft the Brazilian's imminent transportation to Tottenham Hotspur.

Palmeiras winger Allan Elias has emerged arsenic the club's preferred option, with talks present progressing implicit a imaginable deal.

Crucially, the 22-year-old is besides keen connected making the determination to the Etihad Stadium.

Man City progressing up with Allan Elias deal

City are advancing negotiations with Palmeiras implicit a determination for Allan Elias, according to TEAMtalk.

The Brazilian winger is emerging arsenic City's preferred solution to regenerate Savinho, whose transfer to Spurs is present thought to person been agreed.

Allan has a €100 cardinal (£86 million) merchandise clause, but City are discussing a woody worthy considerably less, with Palmeiras prepared to see astir €40 cardinal (£34 million).

The Brazilian nine would ideally support the 22-year-old until January, but City are pushing for an contiguous transportation and their beardown narration with Palmeiras could assistance negotiations.

Allan is besides understood to beryllium keen connected joining City, portion the existent program would beryllium to measure his concern successful January earlier deciding whether helium is acceptable to stay with the archetypal squad oregon would payment from a further move.

That strategy would let City to bring him into their operation without instantly placing excessively overmuch unit connected a subordinate inactive processing astatine the highest level.

City looking to repetition Savinho trick

The signing of Allan would carnivore similarities to City's archetypal program for Savinho.

He joined City, developed wrong the City Football Group with loans to Troyes and Girona, past yet arrived astatine the Etihad and established himself arsenic a Premier League‑level player.

Allan could travel a akin pathway. Rather than expecting him to instantly regenerate Savinho's output, City could springiness him clip to accommodate to European shot and measure whether helium is acceptable for a first-team role.

That makes a imaginable £34 cardinal concern peculiarly intriguing. City would beryllium signing a talented young winger from the Brazilian top-flight, portion retaining plentifulness of flexibility implicit his development.

If Allan tin travel a akin trajectory to Savinho, this could beryllium to beryllium different astute portion of recruitment from the City Football Group. The quality this clip is that Allan already wants the move, meaning the biggest obstacle could beryllium persuading Palmeiras to fto him permission earlier January.