Man City transfer news: Mateo Kovacic addresses future amid Enzo Maresca comments

Mateo Kovacic has suggested that helium inactive sees a aboriginal astatine Manchester City, contempt speculation implicit his future.

Amid suggestions that Rodri could travel Bernardo Silva successful moving to Real Madrid, the aboriginal of the Croatia prima remains uncertain.

That is simply a effect of conscionable a twelvemonth remaining connected his declaration and the 32-year-old lone making 9 appearances during 2025-26 owed to injury.

Serie A clubs Inter Milan - a erstwhile nine of Kovacic's - and Juventus are said to beryllium monitoring the situation.

Meanwhile  caller manager Enzo Maresca addresses Kovacic's aboriginal implicit the weekend, saying that helium volition "try each my best" with him should helium not permission the club.

Kovacic hints astatine imaginable Man City stay

Speaking to the media portion Man City are successful Hong Kong, Kovacic acknowledged that discussions had been held with Maresca.

Although doubts stay implicit his future, the erstwhile Real Madrid and Chelsea antheral claims that helium feels "no question marks" from cardinal Man City figures.

He said: "We spoke a small bit, of course. He counts connected me, and past successful the extremity it’s ever connected you to amusement your best, to beryllium successful your champion shape.

"For me, it was important to perceive that the nine counts connected me, that helium counts me, and present it’s connected maine to amusement my best. I didn’t consciousness immoderate question marks from them."

Do Man City request Kovacic?

While Elliot Anderson has been signed successful a £116m deal, Nico Gonzalez and Tijjani Reijnders look to beryllium the lone different recognised cardinal midfielders who volition enactment put.

Nico O'Reilly and Matheus Nunes - some of whom played arsenic first-choice full-backs successful 2025-26 - tin besides deputise erstwhile required.

Nevertheless, determination is simply a feeling that Kovacic could beryllium needed by Maresca, adjacent if risking his departure connected a escaped transportation adjacent summer.

Kovacic showed that helium was implicit past season's wounded issues with 4 appearances for Croatia astatine the World Cup.