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Manchester City shopping at Euro 2024 for deputy to key player believes former defender

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The Premier League champions are on the lookout for new targets.
Manchester City may have bagged their fourth title in a row last season, but there are still areas they'll be looking to improve ahead of the new camapign. 

Former City defender Danny Mills believes the club will be closely watching Euro 2024 to identify new targets and where they need to strengthen their squad. 

Speaking to BetVictor, Mills claimed that he thinks City will be looking for a deputy to midfielder general Rodri and scouring the tournament for a new left-back, too. 

He said: “Manchester City will be looking for an adequate deputy for Rodri. That's very, very difficult to find. He's so good.

“Whoever that player is, he’s not going to play that often. It might be five or 10 games. It would be nice if they could find a player similar to Ilkay Gundogan – he's exceptional.

“City really need a new left-back too, a player who can attack in the same way Kyle Walker does on the right. That would be a position that City are really looking at.

“There's an opportunity out there for one of the left-backs at the tournament to impress, as Josko Gvardiol did at the last World Cup.

“But who can they get in? The problem is that a lot of the top players are already at top clubs. Do players want to leave a top club to even go to City if they’re settled and happy?”

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