Manchester City now decide to back out of £252m deal as Liverpool submit bid

Manchester City missed out on the Premier League title to Liverpool this season, and the Reds could now beat the Citizens to a transfer target as well.

Pep Guardiola will be eager for Hugo Viana – the new Director of Football at the Etihad Stadium – to bolster his squad quite significantly this summer, as Manchester City fail to win any silverware for the first time since the 2016/17 campaign.

UEFA Champions League football is not even a guarantee for the Citizens next season either at…