Manchester City defender Rico Lewis has interest from Bayern Munich, Juventus and Atletico Madrid, plus five Premier League clubs, TBR Football understands.
Lewis, 21, came through the City academy, and has made almost 100 senior appearances for his boyhood club. Capable of playing at full-back and in midfield, Pep Guardiola is a big fan of Lewis – who signed a five- year contract until 2028 in 2023.
Now, however, Lewis is considering his future at City amid interest from elsewhere, sources have confirmed to TBR Football.
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Lewis and his representatives have held talks with City’s hierarchy in recent weeks about his future. City are keen to extend his contract but it has also become known to Lewis’s camp that they could be open to an offer.
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TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey says other clubs have been approached to let them know of Lewis’s potential availability, including Nottingham Forest.
Forest sources insist that talks have not progressed, but their interest is concrete, while TBR Football have been told Aston Villa, Brighton, Tottenham and Everton have also shown some interest when contacted by intermediaries.
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It is also understood that City legend and Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany is also a fan of Lewis, whilst Juventus and Atletico Madrid are also keeping tabs on him.
Lewis is due for talks with City boss Pep Guardiola before the end of the month to discuss his future and what that, in theory, looks like at the Etihad.
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Bailey said: “Rico Lewis is very happy at Manchester City and is getting minutes, but his camp and intermediaries have made him aware of other options.
“Talks in the next week or so will decide whether he is going to stay at City or not.”
Lewis was handed a start at right-back in City’s first game of the season at Wolves, picked ahead of Manuel Akanji and Matheus Nunes with the Blues not signing a new full-back this summer to replace Kyle Walker.
As uncertainty continues around the futures of Ederson and Savinho, both were absent at Molineux despite Pep Guardiola saying Ederson was fit on Friday. He was described as ill, while Guardiola said Savinho was injured – before the Brazilian posted updates from the gym to social media.
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