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Manchester City: Guardiola looks to former club to bolster his defence

Manchester City: Guardiola looks to former club to bolster his defence

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has targeted Bayern Munich defender Juan Bernat as one of his primary summer reinforcements. The Catalan tactician knows all about the 23-year-old left-back having brought him to Bavaria from Valencia in 2014.
 
Reports in the Daily Mirror suggest that the Spaniard is likely to cost City around £20 million as Guardiola looks to strengthen his back-line. Bernat has made over 50 appearances for the Bundesliga giants and looks to be one of the names that Pep sees as bringing more stability to a defence that has come under severe criticism this season.
 
Other names are also on the radar including Southampton central defender Virgil Van Dyke and Valencia full-back Jose Gaya. The Citizens defensive frailties were once again called into question last weekend when they surrendered a two goal advantage to Spurs despite dominating large parts of the game to leave their title chances hanging by the slenderest if threads.