YouTuber Mark Goldbridge has claimed that he expects Marc Cucurella to sign for Manchester City – and that it could be the signing of the summer.
There have been reports stating that City are interested in signing Cucurella from Brighton & Hove Albion, and the Premier League champions are set to make a bid for the Spanish left-back in the next few days.
Cucurella signed for Brighton from Getafe last summer, and was been one of the standout performers for the Seagulls as they achieved their highest-ever finish in the Premier League, while he was named Player of the Season for the south coast side.
With Yves Bissouma edging closer to becoming a Tottenham Hotspur player, Goldbridge spoke on his YouTube channel and claimed that if Cucurella signed for City, it would be one of the signings of the summer.
He said: “I’m now tempted to say that Cucurella to Man City is up there with Bissouma as signing of the summer. I know people are buying Haaland and Nunez and there will be some other big deals – maybe [Manchester] United will finally do a De Jong deal – but in relation to Cucurella, every time I’ve watched him, he’s brilliant.
“I’d expect them to get that deal done now. He’s only been at Brighton for a year, so they’ll probably pay more for him than Spurs paid for Bissouma, because there was only one year left on his deal.”
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TIF Thoughts on Goldbridge’s comments…
Cucurella is just 23 years old and was heavily involved in his first Premier League season last term for Brighton, in which he made a great impression, having had the third-highest average player rating (7.11) in the Seagulls side.
Manchester City played Joao Cancelo, who is naturally a right-back, at left-back for the majority of last season, so bringing in Cucurella could be a great option for Pep Guardiola, not only because of his age, but also because it will allow Cancelo to revert to his favoured position.