Man City will now have to pay £16m more than they did for Kevin De Bruyne to sign his ‘amazing’ replacement

Manchester City have the nigh-on impossible task of picking the right man to succeed Kevin De Bruyne.

Napoli are ready to sign De Bruyne as his time at City is set to come to an end after he makes his final appearance for Pep Guardiola’s men against Fulham next weekend.

Initially, it seemed like Florian Wirtz could have been the perfect candidate to emerge as the Belgian’s heir.

However, Manchester City chose not to sign Wirtz as they considered a deal to bring him to the Etihad Stadium…