City prepared to listen to offers on Couto and Kabore

Manchester City are prepared to listen to offers for two of their players this summer in Yan Couto and Issa Kabore.

The pair moved to the blues in 2020 from Coritiba and Mechelen respectively but neither has made a first team appearance.

Couto has been on loan for the last two seasons in La Liga for Girona - a sister-club of City in the City Football Group - and has the second-most assists within the squad this campaign from right back. He has also made his Brazil national team debut this year.

The defender is well liked at Manchester City but is likely to want first-team assurances - something that may not come soon enough at the Etihad Stadium.

Premier League clubs are expected to show interest, as are Serie A teams and possibly Bayer Leverkusen should Jeremy Frimpong (a City academy graduate) depart.

It's expected he could fetch a fee for near £40m which would be similar to Pedro Porro, who departed for Sporting Lisbon for Spurs having previously been at Manchester City.

Midfielder Issa Kabore has spent the season only loan at Luton with 24 appearances and is thought to be in a similar position.