Man City outcast Eliaquim Mangala lined up for free transfer to Inter Milan
He is out of contract this summer and Inter Milan are hoping to land him for nothing
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INTER MILAN will try to land Eliaquim Mangala on a free next summer.
The Manchester City centre-half, 27, has not played since picking up a knee injury in the second game of a loan spell at Everton in February.
But the France defender is finally back in full training at City and, if he continues to progress, the Italians plan to swoop when his contract runs out.
Inter contacted Mangala’s advisors and may try for a loan in January ahead of a permanent deal.
But Wolves are also keen — and Mangala would prefer to stay in England, despite rejecting a £25million switch to Crystal Palace last summer.
He has won a title and two League Cups since joining from Porto for £31.9m in 2014 but never established himself as a first choice at the Etihad.
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And Patrick Roberts could follow ex-Academy team-mate Jadon Sancho as another highly-rated rookie to leave City.
The England Under-21 winger is on loan at City’s La Liga sister club Girona for the season.
Roberts, 21, was tipped as a future star when he cost an initial £4m from Fulham in 2015.
But he has not made a senior start, despite two good loan years at Celtic.
He even scored for the Hoops in a Champions League game at the Etihad in 2016 before joining Girona in the summer.
Roberts is contracted to City until 2020 but, with no sign of breaking through, will consider his options after the season.
Celtic would head the chase but Leicester are also interested.
Sancho, 18, went to Borussia Dortmund and since won England caps.
Spanish striker Brahim Diaz, 19, could also leave City on a free next summer if he continues to knock back a new deal. Real Madrid top his list of admirers.
Yet Phil Foden — the brightest City rookie — is going nowhere and the 18-year-old is expected to finalise a new contract in the next few weeks.
