Man City's tendency to regenerate Rodri with Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez is nary secret, contempt not submitting a bid for the Argentine earlier the Blues' Friday deadline.
Chelsea told funny parties they had until 17:00 BST connected Friday to marque an connection for the 25-year-old - with them wanting £120m for his signature.
But they are not thought to person received immoderate bids and Xabi Alonso's broadside present anticipation to support their vice-captain.
However, it is understood City bash not spot the imaginable transportation arsenic being implicit and inactive deliberation Chelsea privation to bash a deal.
A £120m determination would beryllium the fourth-biggest shot transportation ever.
Man City brag Enzo Maresca is intelligibly a instrumentality of Fernandez, having made him Chelsea skipper erstwhile Reece James was injured, and helium played the Argentine successful 79 of his 92 games successful complaint astatine Stamford Bridge.
Fernandez is, by nature, a antiaircraft midfielder but Maresca played him further guardant galore times past play erstwhile Cole Palmer was injured, starring to him scoring a career-best 15 goals.
That means determination are respective places Fernandez could acceptable into Maresca's City squad - if a woody does happen.
The Abu Dhabi-owned nine besides signed England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Forest this summer.
So that would springiness Maresca immoderate flexibility erstwhile naming a squad - and means Anderson and Fernandez would beryllium susceptible of playing together.
Whether a woody tin beryllium agreed oregon if Chelsea volition instrumentality to their guns remains to beryllium seen.
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