Manchester City defender is preparing to transfer the loan to San Siro

Manchester City Manuel Akanji’s defender is preparing to join Inter Milan on loan.

City director Pep Guardiola He did not hide his desire to work with a smaller bandAnd it will be cut off at least with the departure of Switzerland International.

Inter is said to pay a loan fee of 2 million euros to the city as part of a deal that includes an option of 15 million euros to make this step permanent. This item can become compulsory under some difficult circumstances.

Akanji has joined City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 and since then 136 games for the club have scored five goals.

He won the three in its first season, where City raised the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League, with the seven Akanji Awards during his period at Al Ittihad Stadium, including the second Premier League crown, the club’s World Cup and the European Union Cup.

But it was not shown in any of the first three matches of the new season, two of them ended in the defeat at a difficult start for the Premier League holders of Guardiola.

The central full -back, who can also work in both early spots, is seen as an alternative to Inter Benjdard from Inter, where France’s defender is said to go ahead to return to his homeland to join Marseille.

Akanji is scheduled to become the sixth signature of the transfer window for Inter, which lost its second match for the new season, as they were shocked 2-1 by Udines in San Siro on Sunday.