Manchester City now told ‘no chance’ over summer transfer target

Manchester City have been told a firm ‘no’ when it comes to their chances of landing Dani Olmo this summer.

The Treble winners have agreed a £55.5m fee for 21-year-old Stade Rennais winger Jeremy Doku in their hunt for a replacement for Riyad Mahrez. Olmo had previously been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Josko Gvardiol and swap Leipzig for Manchester.

It prompted boss Marco Rose to comment on the speculation after his side’s German Super Cup win over Bayern Munich. “There are too many rumours. At some points it’s enough,” he said.

“We lost many players in the end I need a team to play football with. As far as Olmo to City goes, I could say ‘never ever’ but I won’t say it.”

RB Leipzig chief Oliver Mintzlaff had gone a step further by saying he will outright refuse any offers that land on his desk for Spain international Olmo. “Dani Olmo will be part of the Leipzig squad, no matter who is interested,” he told German newspaper BILD.

Now Christian Falk report that the RB Leipzig hierarchy has made it clear their Spanish international will be remaining in the squad beyond the window.

“There are rumours that Manchester City are moving for Dani Olmo as backup for Kevin De Bruyne. On Monday I was talking to the big boss at Leipzig, Oliver Mintzlaff,” the German journalist wrote via CaughtOffside.

“He was the CEO and now he’s a bit higher up in the hierarchy, though he still makes the big decisions at the club.

“He said to me when I asked about the idea of selling Olmo to City: ‘no chance for City. Olmo will stay in the squad this summer, so no Premier League club will get him’. Olmo has a release clause but this will kick in next year.”

This comes after the player himself indicated he was in no rush to push for an exit to City. Speaking to the same outlet over the weekend, he said: “There is nothing [in the rumours]. I’m fully focused on the task in Leipzig, the Bundesliga, the Champions League and the cup.

“Man City are a big club – one of the biggest in the world. Josko [Gvardiol] went there. But I’m happy.

City’s forthcoming transfer of Doku takes spending up to £158m for the summer. Mateo Kovacic and Gvardiol have come in to bolster a squad that has lost a number of players since the Champions League final with Aymeric Laporte the latest to leave.

Blues fans were given a boost when Bernardo Silva agreed a new deal amid heavy speculation over an exit.