SM
Monday, January 6
Upcoming predictions and previews
Collect News Data

Manchester City transfer news: PL champions 'targeting' 20-year-old Crystal Palace star

:Headline: Manchester City transfer news: PL champions 'targeting' 20-year-old Crystal Palace star:
Manchester City reportedly identify a 20-year-old Premier League midfielder as a long-term transfer target.
Sports Mole

Premier League champions Manchester City have reportedly identified Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton as a long-term transfer target.

The 20-year-old has quickly established himself as a first-team star for the Eagles since joining the club from Championship side Blackburn Rovers for a reported £22.5m in January.

After coming through the youth ranks at Blackburn, Wharton spent just 18 months in the first team, making his professional debut in August 2022, before moving to the Premier League with Palace, where he started 15 of the club's final 16 games in the top flight last season, registering three assists.

Operating as a deep-lying playmaker, Wharton has already made a notable impression for Palace; he was named man-of-the-match in a memorable 1-0 win at Liverpool in April and was part of the Eagles side that secured a 10th-placed finish after winning six of their last seven league games.

Wharton's impressive club form has since been rewarded with a call-up to Gareth Southgate's final 26-man England squad for Euro 2024, and he was handed his first senior cap in a 3-0 friendly win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday.

Man City eyeing up rising star Wharton

Wharton's rapid rise is understood to have also caught the eye of top European clubs including Bayern Munich, who are allegedly pondering a move for the £60m-rated youngster this summer.

The Bundesliga giants, now managed by Vincent Kompany, are known to be in the market for a new midfielder after failing in their quest to sign Fulham's Joao Palhinha last year.

Bayern are not the only club keeping tabs on Wharton, though, as the Evening Standard reports that Man City are weighing up a future move for the midfielder.

The report adds that Pep Guardiola's side are not expected to move for Wharton this summer, but as they have a midfield succession plan in mind at the Etihad Stadium, they regard the youngster as a potential signing for the future.

Palace are under no immediate pressure to part ways with Wharton, who is under contract at Selhurst Park until the summer of 2029.

Midfield revamp expected at Man City

It is widely expected that there will be changes within Man City's midfield ranks in the near future, considering the uncertainty over the futures of Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Kalvin Phillips.

De Bruyne will soon be entering the final year of his contract at the Etihad and recently refused to rule out a possible big-money move to Saudi Arabia.

Bernardo, meanwhile, has been continuously linked with an exit from the Citizens ever since he publicly expressed his desire to seek pastures new in January last year - former club Benfica, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have all been linked with the playmaker.

As for Phillips, he is deemed surplus to requirements at Man City and failed to make an impression during his disappointing loan spell with West Ham United during the second half of last season.

The 28-year-old, who is of a similar profile to Wharton, is expected to leave this summer either on loan or on a permanent basis.

As well as Wharton, Man City have been linked with a number of other midfielders including Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes, West Ham United's Lucas Paqueta and Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze.

body check tags ::

amp_article__545422 : Collect and Make Data not in DataBase  : 
last updated article - 2024-06-08 16:12:21:
html db last update - 2024-06-08 16:12:21 :

ex - 7200 : read : write cache and make html

Click here for more stories about Adam Wharton

Click here for more stories about Manchester City

Share this article now:
EM
Read Next:
England at Euro 2024 - Who is in and out of Gareth Southgate's squad?
>


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!
Read more about Adam Wharton Pep Guardiola Eberechi Eze Vincent Kompany Joao Palhinha Kalvin Phillips Kevin De Bruyne Bernardo Silva Bruno Guimaraes Lucas Paqueta Gareth Southgate Football
Follow @SportsMole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole
Recommended Next on SM
England at Euro 2024 - Who is in and out of Gareth Southgate's squad?
Grealish "fighting for his Man City future": Guardiola's "brutal" comments assessed
Liverpool vs. Man United 'in doubt' as 'urgent safety meeting' called
Manchester City planning Josko Gvardiol move?

Page options

Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool19144147192846
2Arsenal20117239182140
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest1911442619737
4Chelsea20106439241536
5Newcastle UnitedNewcastle20105534221235
6Manchester CityMan City2010463627934
7Bournemouth209653023733
8Aston Villa209563032-232
9Fulham207943027330
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton2061043029128
11Brentford208393835327
12Tottenham HotspurSpurs20731042301224
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd206592328-523
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham206592439-1523
15Crystal Palace204972128-721
16Everton193881525-1017
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves1944113142-1116
18Ipswich TownIpswich2037102035-1516
19Leicester CityLeicester2035122344-2114
20Southampton2013161244-326
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

history www

Wolves, Forest announce teams as Nuno returns to Molineux

1

WF

Preview: Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups

2

PA

Team News: Arsenal vs. Newcastle injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

NEW

3

TN

Preview: Benfica vs. Braga - prediction, team news, lineups

4

PB

Chelsea considering adding one of two Palace stars to squad in January?

5

CC

Lens chief outlines Khusanov transfer stance amid Man City, Spurs links

6

LC

Udogie sidelined, Richarlison closing in on return: Spurs injury list vs. Liverpool

7

US

Nwaneri injury extent confirmed: Which huge Arsenal games will he miss?

8

NI

"It wasn't a hard decision": Man City defender completes move to "big club"

9

&W

Szoboszlai fighting fit: Liverpool injury list for EFL Cup semi-final vs. Tottenham

10

SF


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .