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Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City contacts Diogo Costa, plans to offer Porto 60 million euros

4:10pm, 23 July 2025Football

In the past 24 hours, Manchester City began to contact the team of Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa. Although Manchester City has a long-standing interest in the Portuguese national team No. 1 goalkeeper, most of them are waiting and watching and always lacking practical actions. The situation this time is slightly different.

At present, Manchester City's No. 1 goalkeeper Ederson is being chased by Turkish Super League giant Galatasaray. In Manchester City's view, their fate with Ederson has reached the end. The Brazilian's injury problem has gradually made the trust between the two sides tend to zero. Whether from the perspective of renewal or the guarantee of team performance, the time for goalkeeper's position adjustment is very ripe.

As early in April this year, a reporter from France's FootMercato confirmed that Costa hopes to leave Porto this summer to accept a bigger challenge. Out of gratitude for the club's years of cultivation, players will not use extreme methods to force Porto to compromise during the transfer negotiations, but will try to obtain enough transfer fees for their old club. Manchester City's team appeared at this moment, and the two sides almost hit it off, and agreed to officially promote the transfer matter after the summer transfer window opened.

Due to the Club World Cup, from the perspective of immediate combat effectiveness, Manchester City did not focus on the early stage of the transfer window on the goalkeeper position. But during the Club World Cup, Ederson's performance was still awkward, which strengthened the club's determination to break up with the Brazilian. Manchester City originally expected the Saudi team to become Ederson's takeover, but to this day, Galatasaray is late.

This means that Manchester City may not be able to get more benefits from Ederson's transfer, but the good news is that they can finally free up their hands to chase Costa. However, the new Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain also has the need to change the goalkeeper, and Costa has also appeared in the Paris Saint-Germain radar system for a long time. In terms of attractiveness, Paris Saint-Germain has advantages and financial resources that are not inferior to Manchester City.

Faced with such a strong competitor, Manchester City plans to deliver a quotation worth 60 million euros to Porto. Coupled with the very friendly relationship between the two clubs, Manchester City is confident of defeating Paris Saint-Germain and signing Costa from Porto.

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