As Declan Rice now looks set to join Arsenal, a revelation into how Manchester City feel about this development has come to the fore.
This comes from journalist Mike McGrath after it was reported on Wednesday that City have pulled out of the race to sign the 24-year-old.
After Ilkay Gundogan’s move to Barcelona, an insight into how Manchester City internally feel about not moving forward in a deal to sign Declan Rice has been revealed.
How Manchester City internally feel about pulling out of Declan Rice transfer
With a recent report claiming that City were ready to replace the German international with the West Ham skipper, a failure to sign him has certainly dented their ongoing transfer plans.
While Pep Guardiola’s side have willingly decided not to pursue a swoop, one would assume that the club would be devastated that such a huge talent will not be donning sky blue next season.
However, that could not be further from the truth as Manchester City are believed not to be overly fussed about missing out on Declan Rice.
“Manchester City are relaxed about the Declan Rice situation following their withdrawal. Club feel they’ve been in this position before – where they’ve refused to go higher than they think a player is worth – and believe their judgement has proved to be sound”, Mike McGrath said.
This mindset separates Manchester City from the rest in the transfer market
Considering Manchester City tend not to fight other sides in bidding wars, in one sense, it was never likely that they would go all the way to sign Declan Rice.
And in the event that City do end up pulling out or simply missing out on a player, they tend to back their recruitment process to bring in an alternative or trust Guardiola’s tactical ingenuity for yet another season.
Case in point: When the Sky Blues missed out on the likes of Kalidou Koulibaly and Jules Kounde before eventually signing Jules Kounde or an in another instance, backing Pep Guardiola’s false nine system after Tottenham refused to sell Harry Kane.
Panic and Manchester City is an oxymoron in the transfer market and it’s safe to say that this outlook has fared them well.
