Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has revealed his team were inch close to signing now Manchester United defender, Johnny Evans.

Guardiola revealed City had an eye on Evans when he was still at West Brom. Sadly his side was unable to process the final stages of his signing. They went on to sign Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Club that same year.

Fast forward to 2023, Johnny Evans is back at Manchester United. Signing a year long deal. He has become an instant impact at Old Trafford.

“We decided to buy (Aymeric, from Athletic Club 2018) Laporte . We spoke to him (Evans, who played at West Bromwich at the time) and we were close, but we couldn’t get the deal done,” revealed Guardiola.

“Maybe it had to do with agents. And the age, Laporte was younger.

“It wasn’t a bad decision.”