Man City transfer news: Pep Guardiola has 'concrete plan' to beat Arsenal to 16-year-old 'next Toni Kroos'

Manchester City reportedly person a 'concrete plan' successful spot to motion 16-year-old sensation Kennet Eichhorn from Hertha Berlin.

The 2009-born endowment has already breached into the archetypal squad for the German second-tier club, making 18 appearances crossed each competitions this play and scoring 2 goals.

Eichhorn has started 13 2. Bundesliga matches for Hertha Berlin, and his progression to elder shot astatine specified a young property has inevitably attracted involvement from apical European teams.

Arsenal are allegedly 'mesmerised' by the Germany Under-17 international, but they are 1 of conscionable 12 clubs funny successful Eichhorn, who has been dubbed the adjacent Toni Kroos.

The Gunners could beryllium near disappointed successful their efforts to bring Eichhorn to the Emirates, though, arsenic Florian Plettenberg reports that Man City person an ace up their sleeve.

Man City person 'cooperation' with Bayer Leverkusen for Kennet Eichhorn deal

The Sky Blues are seemingly readying to trigger Eichhorn's merchandise clause and past indebtedness him retired to Bayer Leverkusen, whom they person had a transportation pact with for immoderate time.

However, thing is acceptable successful chromatic conscionable yet, and determination is inactive a accidental that Pep Guardiola's broadside could beryllium pipped to the station by 1 of a fewer Bundesliga clubs.

Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig - the second 2 of whom are renowned for their improvement of young talents - are besides monitoring the concern surrounding the highly-rated teenager.

Eichhorn missed the full of February and astir of March with an ankle injury, but the 16-year-old has present recovered and scored his archetypal league extremity of the play successful Sunday's 2-1 triumph implicit Greuther Furth.

Eichhorn has struggled to enactment retired of occupation connected the tract this season, though, picking up 7 yellowish cards and 1 reddish paper successful the German 2nd tier.

Man City indispensable debar Claudio Echeverri transportation mistake with Kennet Eichhorn

City and Leverkusen making a pact for a indebtedness transportation is thing new, arsenic the Sky Blues shipped 20-year-old playmaker Claudio Echeverri retired to Die Werkself successful the archetypal fractional of the 2025-26 season.

However, the Argentinian youngster's determination to Germany did not enactment retired arsenic intended, arsenic helium played conscionable 11 times for Leverkusen successful each competitions, scoring nary goals and claiming conscionable 1 assist.

Echeverri besides made conscionable 1 Bundesliga commencement for Leverkusen, who agreed to terminate his indebtedness aboriginal successful January, allowing him to determination to La Liga outfit Girona.

If Man City are to triumph the contention for Eichhorn and connection his services to Leverkusen, they indispensable guarantee that the 16-year-old does not endure the Echeverri destiny astatine the BayArena.