Guardiola signs Ancelotti's most desired player days before the City - Real Madrid match, a hard blow

The Champions draw resulted in a Manchester City - Real Madrid matchup in the round of 16. Neither team did their homework in the league phase, and fate has been very capricious. For the fourth consecutive season, they will face each other again.

In this winter transfer market, which ends tomorrow, Florentino Pérez has decided not to make any moves. The movements in Valdebebas are planned for the summer. At the white club, they tried to secure the services of Alexander-Arnold, but he will arrive for the next season.

A player that Ancelotti likes a lot, precisely for the right-back position, is Andrea Cambiaso. Even, the Reggiolo coach requested him, but in the noble area of Chamartín, they weren't sure about going for him. Juventus, which is the team he currently plays for, was asking for quite a bit of money.

The one who does seem likely to sign him is Manchester City itself. According to reports in England, the skyblues would be willing to strengthen the right flank. All of this, in part, because Kyle Walker has headed to AC Milan.

70 million euros

Fichajes.net, a portal specializing in transfers, has claimed that the operation to secure the services of the Italian would cost 70 million euros. Obviously, the white house is not going to pay such an amount for him.

This is one of the main reasons why the sports management didn't consider the incorporation of this player at all. It's not surprising, given that Arnold will arrive as a free agent, making this a great market opportunity.

This formula is quite appealing to the top executives of Real Madrid. Alaba, Rüdiger, and Mbappé arrived this way, and Florentino is about to take advantage of another great situation.

So, we'll have to see what ends up happening. In these months of competition, Ancelotti will have to play Lucas Vázquez or, alternatively, Raúl Asencio. The decisions that good old Carletto is making are being heavily debated by the fans.