Manchester City quoted €30m for Benfica ace

 

Manchester City have been told they will have to pay in excess of €30m (£25.9m) to sign Benfica goalkeeper Ederson in the summer, reports Yahoo.

 

Pep Guardiola only signed Claudio Bravo from Barcelona in a deal worth £15.4m at the start of the season but the Chile international has struggled to adapt to the Premier League and is already being linked with a return to Spain.

 

The 33-year-old has even dropped below Willy Caballero in the pecking order at City in the last week and Guardiola is now eyeing a summer move for Benfica’s No.1 goalkeeper with Joe Hart, who is on loan at Torino, unlikely to ever play for City again.

 

Manchester City quoted €30m for Benfica ace

 

However, City have been told they will need to make Ederson one of the most expensive goalkeepers of all-time in order to land the 23-year-old even though Benfica only signed him for €500,000 in 2015.

 

Only Iker Casillas (11) has kept more clean sheets in the Portuguese Liga Nos this season than Ederson (9), while only Sporting ace Rui Patricio (77.6%) has a greater pass accuracy than Ederson (67.7%) of all goalkeepers to have made at least five appearances this season.

 

For more stats on Ederson, click here to visit his WhoScored player page