Juve's Zinchenko enquiry knocked back

It's understood the Serie A champions asked after the Ukraine international when also negotiating the £60 million transfer of Portugal defender Joao Cancelo to the Etihad, which saw Danilo move the other way as a £34 million makeweight.

Juve's director of football Fabio Paratici was keen for City to throw 22-year-old Zinchenko into the equation, but the Manchester giants responded with a firm 'no' and duly handed him a new five-year-deal worth £85 000-per-week.

The player has since been joined in Manchester by his fiancee, and City have made it clear they now value him way above the £1.8 million they paid to sign him from Russian minnows FC Ufa back in 2016.