Manchester City are keeping tabs on RB Leipzig attacking midfielder Dani Olmo, according to the Daily Mail.
The English tabloid reports that Manchester United and Real Madrid have joined the likes of City, Chelsea and Tottenham in pursuing the Spanish international.
Supporters on X are split on whether the Premier League champions should sign Olmo, with some admirers of his ability while others have questioned his recent injury record:
Sicknote, same as Neto
— GLENN (@gbmcfc) March 28, 2024
YES he fits our profile so well. Can basically play anywhere across the 4 attacking positions
— Bro 🇯🇲 (@MrManCity8) March 28, 2024
Nah
— jay_17 (@Vignesh63732505) March 29, 2024
Get him to the club
— Luiz (@Luizchim00) March 28, 2024
Wouldn’t mind olmo but I really want wirtz more
— johan 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@MexicanSavagev8) March 28, 2024
Would be a decent option for our midfield incase Wirtz or Musiala are too expensive
— Jake Pritchard (@JakePritchardFC) March 28, 2024
I don’t need anymore injury prone players
— David George (@PhenomObisike) March 29, 2024
Pep will turn him to a beast, trust me.
— Rodrizontal (@Gooner4Laif) March 28, 2024
Olmo has had a difficult season due to injury
The 25-year-old has missed the best part of three months of the campaign due to knee and shoulder problems.
It has to be said that Olmo is rather injury-prone, having also been missing for similarly lengthy periods during his previous two seasons at Leipzig.
City could sign him for £51m
One of the reasons why so many clubs are taking an interest in Olmo is because a release clause in his contract will become active this summer.
Any club can sign the midfielder for €60m (£51m). As we have seen in the past, City’s Director of Football Txiki Begiristain has been keen to take advantage of such clauses, having recruited the likes of Jack Grealish, Rodri and (most notably) Erling Haaland that way. We shall see if he takes the bait with Olmo as well.
