{"id":79664,"date":"2026-09-02T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/79664\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:05:31","slug":"man-city-real-madrid-shortlist-elite-star-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/79664\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City: Real Madrid shortlist ELITE star for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid are among three European titans to have added Manchester City<\/a> ace Rayan Cherki<\/a> to their transfer shortlist for 2027, with a report suggesting his potential price tag.<\/p>\n

Man City paid Lyon an initial \u00a330million for Cherki in June 2025, and the deal had the potential to rise to \u00a334m (\u20ac40m, $46m) through bonuses. City snared the attacking midfielder for a reasonable price as his contract was winding down, while Lyon also needed to sell amid financial difficulty.<\/p>\n

There were concerns about whether Cherki has the attitude needed to become an elite star, but his sublime talent was never in question and that fee now looks a phenomenal piece of business.<\/p>\n

Cherki<\/a> managed 10 goals and 15 assists in 52 appearances last season as City won the FA Cup and League Cup during Pep Guardiola\u2019s final season in charge at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

City are now entering a new era under Guardiola\u2019s successor, his former assistant Enzo Maresca, and Cherki is poised for a big campaign.<\/p>\n

The 14-cap France international has already notched two goals and two assists in three matches so far this term.<\/p>\n

Cherki once again demonstrated his brilliant footwork as he took on three defenders before doubling City\u2019s lead during their 4-1 win at Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

According to CaughtOffside<\/a>, Cherki\u2019s \u2018outstanding start to the 2026-27 season\u2019 has seen him get \u2018shortlisted\u2019 by Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n

The report states: \u2018Sources close to the agents industry have informed\u00a0CaughtOffside\u00a0that Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich are all keeping tabs on Cherki ahead of January 2027.<\/p>\n

\u2018Madrid see the France international as another creative option capable of playing between midfield and attack, while PSG are attracted by the possibility of bringing one of France\u2019s leading talents back to Ligue 1.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bayern, meanwhile, are assessing Cherki as part of their long-term search for creative attacking quality.\u2019<\/p>\n

The report also claims Cherki\u2019s transfer value sits at \u20ac90m (\u00a377m).<\/p>\n

Crucially, though, City \u2018would have little interest in losing him unless an extraordinary offer arrived\u2019.<\/p>\n

This suggests it would actually take a bid worth more than \u20ac90m\/\u00a377m to convince City to sell the playmaker.<\/p>\n

City are in a strong position as they have Cherki tied down to a long-term contract that runs for another four years.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old is happy at the Etihad, and if City continue winning trophies under Maresca, then he will see no reason to leave.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid tracking multiple Man City stars<\/p>\n

Madrid have already signed City icon Bernardo Silva on a free transfer, and Cherki is among three more players to have been linked with a switch to the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n

Sources have confirmed to us that Madrid and Bayern are both interested in versatile defender Josko Gvardiol.<\/p>\n

But we revealed on June 16 that City had agreed fresh terms with Gvardiol<\/a>, and his new contract was confirmed on July 28. That deal should help to keep Madrid and Bayern at bay for at least a year or two.<\/p>\n

Madrid are also known to be huge admirers of City striker Erling Haaland.<\/p>\n

Los Blancos president Florentino Perez wants to create an incredible attack involving Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Yan Diomande.<\/p>\n

Haaland would like to move to Spain one day, but Madrid will have to offer City remarkable money. In January 2025, City managed to tie the Norwegian goalscorer down to an incredible nine-and-a-half-year contract.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Enzo Fernandez has sent Chelsea an emotional goodbye message after joining City for a huge \u00a3125m<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid are among three European titans to have added Manchester City ace Rayan Cherki to their transfer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1706,1707,82,272,100,16933,83,2691,1708],"class_list":["post-79664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-all-the-news","tag-front-page","tag-madrid","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-rayan-cherki","tag-real-madrid","tag-spanish-la-liga","tag-transfer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}