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title: "Man City enter race for Liverpool target Fekir"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Turk"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2019-06-02T09:53:17Z"
modified: "2019-06-02T09:53:18Z"
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# Man City enter race for Liverpool target Fekir

Manchester City have reportedly joined the race for long-term Liverpool target Nabil Fekir, ahead of the Frenchman’s inevitable Lyon departure this summer.

The World Cup winner was close to moving to Anfield last summer in a deal worth more than £50million, but the transfer fell through at the final hurdle due to the results of a medical.

Fekir has confirmed he intends to leave Lyon this summer though, which has seemingly placed some of Europe’s top clubs on red alert.

According to [Express Sport](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1135103/Man-City-Transfer-News-Liverpool-Lyon), Man City have asked the Ligue 1 club to be kept updated about Fekir’s situation over the transfer window.

Pep Guardiola is interested in bolstering his midfield options while Jurgen Klopp remains keen on the 25-year-old, but has reservations over his valuation due to a history of knee problems.

City are at risk of losing both Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane this summer, so you’d only imagine the Premier League champions making a move for Fekir if one or the other does depart.

It’d be hard to turn down the newly-crowned European champions, though…