Man City hand huge blow to Tottenham in the race for creative genius

Tottenham Hotspur have learned that their pursuit of two attacking midfielders has just got a lot harder after Fabrizio Romano revealed a big development regarding Rayan Cherki and Morgan Gibbs-White.

Regular readers of Spurs Web will be aware that several reports over recent weeks have installed Tottenham as the favourites to land Rayan Cherki, who has just one year left on his contract at Lyon.

Cherki has confirmed that he will leave Lyon this summer, and according to various sources, the Spurs target has a €20m (£16.8m) release clause in his contract.

It has also been widely reported over the last couple of months that Tottenham are admirers of Morgan Gibbs-White, but the Lilywhites have received a blow in their pursuit of the Nottingham Forest and Lyon stars.

Tottenham have been linked with Morgan Gibbs-White and Rayan Cherki

Fabrizio Romano has now taken to social media to provide an update about their pair, which comes as bad news for Tottenham Hotspur.

The journalist revealed that both Cherki and Gibbs-White are on Manchester City’s radar ahead of the transfer window. He explained that those are the two names who are at the top of City’s wishlist for the number ten role.

???? More on Manchester City. Rayan Cherki and Morgan Gibbs-White are in the list as #10 position targets…

…not affecting their interest in Tijjani Reijnders, top target at #8 position with contacts ongoing with AC Milan. ???????? pic.twitter.com/ut3lNlqUMJ

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 27, 2025

In a subsequent post, Romano confirmed that Cherki is Man City’s leading target ahead of Gibbs-White, revealing that they have already begun talks over a deal for the Frenchman.

???????? Manchester City made contact to start initial talks for Rayan Cherki as target for #10 position.

He’s top of the list with Morgan Gibbs-White after Wirtz deal off, while Cherki’s also aware of Man City interest. pic.twitter.com/YvQPEXoumr

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 29, 2025

Spurs have held talks with Cherki over a summer move

It was reported around two weeks ago by GiveMeSport that Tottenham had held fresh conversations with Rayan Cherki regarding a switch to N17 after the winger decided that he would not be extending his contract with Lyon.

However, some outlets have stated that Spurs could face competition from a whole host of Premier League clubs for Cherki.

According to these updates, the France Under-21 international is extremely likely to end up in the English top flight this summer.

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