SAVINHO WILL PLAY FOR THE CITY FROM JULY
Savinho, from Barça target to Guardiola's 'new' signing for City
Published:5/02/2024 - 22:20h
Updated:6/02/2024 - 04:06h
Sávio Moreira de Oliveira, Savinho, will make the move to Manchester City next season. The Brazilian, who appears with Girona in 2023/24, was in the orbit of FC Barcelona, but the City Group did not give any room for his departure
The FC Barcelona has descartado to one of the options that handled to reinforce his centre of the field in summer. This Monday, the journalists Fabrizio Romano confirmed that the mediocentro Sávio Moreira of Oliveira, Savinho, will play in the Manchester City the next season to request of the own Pep Guardiola. The Brazilian signed with the Troyes in the summer of 2022, another of the pertaining clubs to the City Group.
The past summer, the conjoint Frenchman yielded him to the Girona after having him sent to loan a year before to the PSV Eindhoven, club in where only it added a pair of assistances in 8 parties with the first team. The mediocentro also saw action this season with the juvenile subsidiary of the Dutch group, converting 2 goals and 2 assistances in 9 meetings. In total, the City Group disbursed 6.5 million euros by his traspaso to the Athletic Mineiro in 2022.
🚨🔵🇧🇷 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City agree deal to sign Sávio from parent club Girona in the summer.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 5, 2024
Documents to be signed in the next days.
Despite bids from German and English clubs, Sávio will join #MCFC.
I have's now 100% focused on Girona to end the season in the best way. pic.twitter.com/ocdny5d6eo
Guardiola 'Tie' to the best regateador of LaLiga
Under the orders of Míchel, Savinho has given a jump of remarkable quality this season. Up to now, the mediocentro of 19 years adds 5 goals and 7 assistances in 23 days of LaLiga. According to the data of 'Opt', the one of Sao Mateus is thed elantero with more dribblings completed (62) and the second with greater percentage of tarpaulin in the tournament (47,7%), only surpassed by Lamine Yamal (59,7 %).
In this sense, the City has done an effort to convince to Sávio to prolong his bond with the group to the that also belongs the Girona, in this case happening to the current champion of the world and of Europe. In winter, several 'big' asked after the Brazilian with offers by the order of the 40 'kilos'. For the Barça, the '16' of the Girona was a very interesting alternative, but never there was a formal approach between the parts.
