According to recent reports by French publication La Provence (via CalcioMercato), both Manchester City and AC Milan are monitoring the situation of Olympique Marseille centre-back Boubacar Kamara.
According to the reports, the Ligue 1 club have set an asking price of €40million (£35.7million) for the 20-year-old, however, L’Equipe (via MilanNews) has claimed that the defender would very much like to remain at Marseille beyond this summer, in order to play Champions League football with Les Olympiens next season.
In terms of a move to Manchester City, while Pep Guardiola has made it clear that he is in the market this summer for two new central defenders, the club are currently waiting to hear the verdict of their appeal against a two-year ban from European football, which could well affect the attractiveness of joining the club in this transfer window.
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Since being promoted to Marseille’s first-team back in 2017, the 20-year-old has gone on to make 79 appearances for the club, scoring three goals and providing three assists.
So far this season, the defender has impressed over his 24 appearances in Ligue 1 for Marseille, averaging 2.8 tackles, 1.4 interceptions, 2.1 clearances and 1.3 dribbles per game, as well as an average WhoScored match rating of 6.99 and an 85.7% pass completion rate, helping his side to reach second place in the table.
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As such, should City be successful in their attempts to sign the defender, it would appear as if they would be receiving a consistently admirable performer, adept at both reading the game, as well as bringing the ball out of defence.