The Leicester centre-back, 26, has been heavily linked with Manchester United but The Mirror claim City are so desperate to get him they will pay him £280,000 per week. And Maguire is understood to have told those closest to him that the offer is too good to turn down. City are set to pay £80million to get their man and that would see him surpass Virgil van Dijk - who joined Liverpool from Southampton for £75m in January 2018 - as the world’s most expensive defender. Maguire had another excellent season at the heart of the Foxes defence and City boss Pep Guardiola is said to see him as the ideal replacement for Vincent Kompany after he left to take over at Anderlecht as player-manager.

Source: Express June 24, 2019 06:00 UTC