Manchester City's Transfer Talks: A Game of Finesse and Fortune Manchester City's pursuit of Lille winger Ayyoub Bouaddi has sent shockwaves through the European transfer market.
According to Lille head coach Davide Ancelotti, City are indeed in talks to sign the young Moroccan player.
Ancelotti's comments reveal a growing trend in modern football business: clubs using their negotiating positions to extract concessions from would be buyers.