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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is already looking ahead to next Summer’s transfer window as he eyes up Real Madrid midfielder Isco

The Citizens have already tried to bring the Spanish international to the Etihad Stadium in 2012 and 2013, and will be hoping to finally get their man

PEP GUARDIOLA already has one eye on next Summer's transfer window as he looks to recruit Real Madrid playmaker Isco.

The Spanish midfielder has been in and out of the side at the Bernabeu Stadium this season, and Guardiola believes he can lure him over to the Premier League.

 Guardiola is lining up a bid for Isco
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Guardiola is lining up a bid for IscoCredit: Getty Images
 The midfielder could be on his way to the Premier League
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The midfielder could be on his way to the Premier LeagueCredit: Getty Images

Twice have the Citizens tried and failed to sign the 24-year-old back in 2012 and 2013 when he was plying his trade with Malaga.


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They even agreed a fee with him, but he opted instead to sign for the La Liga giants where he has gone on to win two Champions League medals.

However, this season under Zinedine Zidane, he has struggled to hold down a regular spot in the starting 11, and has only started eight times in the league out of 15 games.

 Isco scoring a late equaliser against England at Wembley
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Isco scoring a late equaliser against England at WembleyCredit: Getty Images

Isco has drawn interest from Arsenal and Chelsea, and there are even rumours that Tottenham Hotspur are planning an audacious bid in January.

But Guardiola believes that he will wait until the Summer to decide on where his future lies, with Spanish newspaper AS reporting he will look at his options if Zidane refuses to include him in matchday line-ups.

His current contract expires at the end of the 2017/18 campaign, and Los Blancos are in a situation whether they either have to offer him a new contract to avoid him going for a free, or are forced to sell him on the cheap.

Isco has chipped in with just two goals in La Liga this season - he hasn't scored five league goals since his debut season in Madrid back in 2013/14.

Two months have passed since he last found the back of the net, as the former 'Golden Boy' award winner looks to climb up the pecking order with the current leaders in Spain.

 

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