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Man City academy graduate Tosin Adarabioyo could be a target
In comparison with Chelsea's Kurt Zouma, and Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings, Adarabioyo represents a cheaper option, according to the print edition of the Sunday Mirror, with the 22-year-old defender fitting Everton's preferred player profile better and entering the final season of his contract at the Etihad.
But Adarabioyo, who has been at the club since age 5, has racked up only 8 first-team appearances for Man City — none since a Carabao Cup quarter-final in December 2017 — with subsequent season-long loans spent at West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers, both in the Championship.
Adarabioyo impressed with Blackburn Rovers last season, making 34 appearances and scoring 3 goals thanks in partly to his commanding aerial threat. It remains to be seen if City will offer him a new contract or decide to cash in.
Two weeks into the transfer window and this report in the Express claims that Ancelotti is yet to be told just how much money he and Marcel Brands will have to spend this summer. If true, that means it would all depend on who, out of the remaining non-performers, can be shifted out for a fee.
