Manchester City fail in bid for former United defender

Manchester City have had an £18 million offer rejected by West Bromwich Albion for Northern Ireland centre-back, Jonny Evans. The 29-year-old joined The Baggies in 2015 after almost a decade with City's fierce rivals, Manchester United.

Defensive errors cost Manchester City on a number of occasions last season and manager Pep Guardiola is not leaving it to chance this season by signing numerous defensive reinforcements.

Whilst a number of fullbacks have joined the club, Guardiola is still on the lookout for a new centre back. Virgil van Dijk has been linked to the club, but he looks more likely to join Liverpool or Chelsea.

BBC Sport reports that Manchester City have made an £18 million bid to West Brom for Jonny Evans, but the West Midlands side have quickly declined it, insisting that he is not for sale. 

Leicester City and Arsenal have also shown interest in Evans this summer, but they received the same response upon their inquiries.  

West Brom manager Tony Pulis signed Gareth Barry this week to add valuable experience to his squad, so he will not want to reverse that by losing another experienced player in Evans, who made just shy of 200 Manchester United appearances. 

 

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