According to ESPN, Man City has joined the race to win Brighton's Carlos Baleba, who is also MU's top target.
MU is determined to recruit a quality midfielder in the summer of 2025, the Red Devils targeting Brighton's Carlos Baleba. Initially, Brighton wanted £ 90 million plus 10 million pounds of surcharges for BaleBa, but ESPN confirmed that the bullet was required $ 120 million (£ 104 million) for his star.
The source added that Man City is also very interested in signing a contract with BaleBa, when Pep Guardiola is said to be admired by this Cameroon player for a long time. Brighton wanted to keep BaleBa in Amex for at least one year, they had no intention of selling the 21 -year -old player this summer, in case BaleBa left they wanted to earn a large amount of money.
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Currently, MU does not have enough budget to sign a contract with BaleBa, they will only be able to pay for this deal if they sell Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Jadon Sancho. ESPN reported that BaleBa was very happy to stay in Brighton in the 2025/26 season, the possibility of the British moving in the summer next year is said to be higher.
BaleBa also contracted with Brighton until 2028, with an additional 12 -month extension clause. The midfielder has had 77 appearances for Brighton since the movement from Lille for £ 26 million in 2023. Baleba has been honored as the best young player of Brighton's season last season after many impressive performances.
BaleBa can become the latest player of Brighton to one of the six major Premier League clubs. Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Joao Pedro both leave Brighton to join Chelsea in recent seasons. Meanwhile, Ben White went to Arsenal, Tottenham recruited Yves Bissouma and Alexis Mac Allister to land Liverpool.