Young talent James McaTee still has no place in Man City next season even when contributing greatly to help U21 British crown in U21 European Cup 2025.
This summer, James McaTee “chose” to attend U21 Europe with U21 UK instead of playing with Man City at the Club World Cup 2025. As the captain, MCatee and his teammates defeated Germany U21 to protect the European U21 championship.
With what has been shown in the tournament just held in Slovakia, MCatee is not sure there will be a place in Man City. According to Sunsport, Pep Guardiola was not satisfied when MCatee did not choose to attend the Club World Cup.
Therefore, he also has no plans to use this star next season because the midfield is very cramped. This is absolutely understandable if you look at what Guardiola has.
In the center of the midfield, in addition to Rodri has been healthy again, Man City spent £ 125 million to supplement Nico Gonzalez, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki. Therefore, if determined to stay in Etihad, the chance to play MCatee next season is extremely low.
In fact, from the end of last season, Man City intended to sell James Mcatee. Now, they are ready to listen to the official suggestions for MCatee. The fact that this midfielder shines helps U21 U21 U21 championship is the basis for Man City to confidently require a minimum fee of 25 million pounds (30 million euros).
At this time, many German teams are interested in Mcatee, namely Dortmund, Leverkusen, RB Leipzig, Stuttgart, MU, Arsenal, Chelsea and Frankfurt.
In particular, Dortmund is more serious because they need to add a midfielder after agree to sell Jamie Gittens to Chelsea. With the amount of money for selling gitttens, Dortmund also pays for MCatee
In the last season, MCatee only played 9 matches for Man City. Earlier, the midfielder was lent at Sheffield United twice to accumulate competition experience.