Fabrizio Romano says £12.5m Man City player is now joining Bayer Leverkusen on loan

Bayer Leverkusen have just successfully hijacked a deal for one of Manchester City’s brightest stars.

Pep Guardiola is keen to trim his squad before the summer transfer window shuts, and over recent days, the Manchester club has successfully achieved this, offloading Jack Grealish to Everton on loan, while James McAtee completed a permanent switch to Nottingham Forest.

City are not done in this department, as several more stars still need to be moved on, with loan deals being the easiest…