Manchester City are readying a player-plus-cash move to sign Everton goalkeeper Daniel Lukjanciks, according to Alan Nixon.
The journalist shared via his Patreon page on Sunday (12 May) that City are willing to pay up to £10million for the youngster.
It is claimed that City’s willingness to sign Lukjanciks will see them offer a homegrown player to Everton in exchange, on top of a fee.
“Manchester City are ready to move for Everton’s young keeper Daniel Lukjanciks – and may pay up to £10m for him,” Nixon wrote.
“England Under-17 cap Lukjanciks has been chased by several clubs but City are keen to land him this summer.”
Everton must keep hold of Daniel Lukjanciks
Nixon adds that a deal would help Everton in terms of hitting FFP criteria as the young goalkeeper is homegrown, and would therefore be sold for a total profit.
While not a huge amount is known about Lukjanciks, it is already clear that he is a very talented stopper and a likely future first-teamer.
Bringing in £10m for a player not yet close to rivalling Jordan Pickford sounds like great business on the face of it, but that is a short-term view.
Should Lukjanciks indeed be sold and become a City regular in a few years’ time, Everton will be left kicking themselves.
And while the Citizens have some hugely talented youngsters on their books, it is telling they would be willing to sacrifice one of those to sign Lukjanciks.
The whole ownership situation does complicate matters, as Everton will now likely have to tighten the purse strings even more, but hopefully Lukjanciks stays on board.
An offer of £10m is nice, but the Toffees should kindly decline and gamble on the youngster becoming a future star on Merseyside.
In other Everton news, the Toffees face a “major complication” amid a Farhad Moshiri and 777 Partners takeover twist.
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