Manchester City are ready to deal in released Barcelona midfielder Gai Assulin.
The Mirror says the 19-year-old Israeli attacking midfielder has arrived for talks about a surprise move to City after cancelling his contract with Barca where he had the sky-high valuation in his deal.
Assulin made the Barca first team for a Cup tie at the age of 16 and is also his country's youngest-ever cap. But a bad knee injury set him back and he fell out with Pep Guardiola's coaching team.
Now City are set to snap him up and increase the quality of their emerging talent - an area they think needs to be improved.
Assulin could be signed up and sent out on loan as the mega-bucks club try to bring through the next generation of players and avoid spending millions in future.
