Competing with Liverpool, Manchester City recruited the Japanese winger

Pep Guardiola, who coaches Manchester City, is interested in signing Kaoru Mitoma, a Japanese international who played exceptionally well for Brighton last year.

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Man City just recently made the debut of their newest player, a rookie named Josko Gvardiol.The sportsman, who is currently 21 years old, has made a commitment to play for Man City for the next five years.It is possible that the reigning Premier League champions will spend as much as 77 million British pounds on this contract.

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Josko Gvardiol will become Manchester City’s second rookie when the club acquires Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea in a transaction for £30 million in the summer of 2023.

According to recent reports, Pep Guardiola, the head coach of Manchester City, is interested in signing Kaoru Mitoma, a Japanese international who had a huge impact on Brighton during the previous season.

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Pep Guardiola, the coach of Manchester City, praised the Japanese player Kaoru Mitoma and said the following about him when the club flew to Asia in the summer of 2023: “I want to highlight that Kaoru Mitoma’s impact on The Premier League is fantastic.He had an outstanding campaign and performed admirably for Brighton.And have a look at what Japan was able to do despite being placed in an especially difficult group at the World Cup in 2022.

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Mitoma has not only attracted interest from Manchester City, but also from Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea.Nevertheless, once McAlister and maybe Caicedo have left the team, Brighton does not want to risk losing any other significant players.

It is possible that Man City will have to pay more than 50 million pounds in transfer fees in order to convince Brighton & Hove Albion to let him go.The sum of 2.5 million British pounds was all that was required of Brighton two years ago in order to obtain the Japanese player.