Como Gets Maximo with Extra City Sauce…
In a twist more surprising than a rubber chicken in a referee’s whistle, Manchester City have managed to sell Maximo Perrone, their not-so-secret football agent who’s been sneaking around Serie A with Como. The deal, worth a potential eye-popping €15 million, covers the ground for City’s latest splurge on wunderkind Sverre Nypan quicker than a cat on a hot tin roof. Apparently, Maximo was such a sensation on loan that Como fans wanted to name a Milanese pizza after him!
The arrangement is an elaborate tapestry woven with gold-threaded clauses. City, ever the clever foxes in the world football farm, have magicked a 30% sell-on clause just in case Perrone grows wings and flies over the Serie A roost, plus a cheeky buy-back option just in case they fancy a return trip to the Etihad for their Argentine wonder boy. All this from a chap who only wobbled about for precisely 20 minutes in City blue, astounding!
Meanwhile, the Grail quest to downsize Guardiola’s collection of football talent knick-knacks continues. With whiffs of transfers involving Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish, City’s director of football, Hugo Viana, is keener than a squirrel in a nut factory to wrap it all up. This summer could see more exits than a haunted house, as City’s midfield maze looks set for a super-duper escape room challenge!
