Manchester City are set for a busy summer as Pep Guardiola, Txiki Begiristain and Hugo Viana look to continue on their squad rebuild.
The Citizens have fallen short of their usual high expectations, failing to mount a title challenge and also failing to make an impact in the Champions League.
The rebuild is already under way at Manchester City, who signed a number of players in January including Abdukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez.
Now, according to a report, City are already considering selling one of the players they signed at the start of the year.
Manchester City open to cashing in on Juma Bah as Lens look to keep him on loan
City signed five players in the January transfer market and four of them have been part of Pep Guardiola’s squad.
The Etihad Stadium side also signed Juma Bah, who joined Real Valladolid and was loaned out to Lens – the club that sold Khusanov to City – in the same window.
Now, according to Allez Lens, Bah is still not expected to join City’s first-team squad, as they are ‘already well-stocked in central defence’.
Lens are keen on having Bah on loan for another season, but he’s reportedly attracting interest from elsewhere, though no other club names are mentioned.
In addition, City are reported to value Bah at €4million (£3.4million), suggesting they’re open to selling him in the next transfer window.
Lens will therefore need to act quickly to try and convince both City and Bah to agree to another season on loan at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
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Manchester City must look at Juma Bah in pre-season – opinion
City will hopefully not cash in on Bah right away, especially when pre-season comes way before transfer deadline day.
If City really are considering selling Bah for just £4million, it’s not as though it would hurt them to keep him for another few months.
Bah is just 19 years old and has been delivering some great displays in Ligue 1 – he’s certainly got high potential and City should tap into this.
We’ll see what happens over the coming months, but it would be a shame if Bah doesn’t get at least the pre-season to show Pep Guardiola what he can do.
Then, there’s always the opportunity of sending him out on loan – and there will no doubt be plenty of clubs in England who’d be willing to take him on.
There’s even the chance to loan him out to one of the Premier League’s newly-promoted clubs, or maybe one of the clubs that have just dropped into the Championship.
That way, City can see what Bah can do in English football, and then next summer they can make a long-term decision on his future.
