Manchester City to launch moves for Bournemouth defender and Real Madrid attacker
Manchester City are eyeing up moves for Real Madrid playmaker Isco and Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake in the final few days of the transfer window.
According to the Daily Express, the Premeir League champions hope to land both players ahead of Thursday's deadline.
Pep Guardiola has been tracking Isco all summer and could now take advantage of the fact that Madrid need to trim their wage bill.
Meanwhile, City have turned their attention to Ake after deeming Harry Maguire, who is set to join Manchester United for £80m, to be too expensive.
The Netherlands international is valued at around £40m by Bournemouth, for whom he impressed last season.
CIty take on Liverpool in the Community Shield on Sunday, before opening their Premier League campaign against West Ham next weekend.
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Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).