Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him

Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2018 by Thesun.co.uk

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would 'do everything’ to keep him

Diaz, 19, has not featured in the league for the champions this season and will sign a £60,000-a-week deal with the European kings

BRAHIM DIAZ will quit Manchester City and join Real Madrid, despite pleas from Pep Guardiola to stay.

The 19-year-old is out of contract next summer and has grown frustrated at his lack of opportunities at the Etihad after making just three appearances this season, none in the Premier League.

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him
Brahim Diaz has agreed to join Real Madrid

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him
Brahim Diaz has spent too much time on the bench at City and wants out

Guardiola had hoped the Spanish Under-21 star saw his long-term future with the Premier League champions and begged him to sign a new deal.

Speaking before Saturday’s win against Bournemouth, Pep said: “We want him, we want to extend his contract four or five years - we will do absolutely everything, but it's in his hands.

"My advice if he doesn't want to stay he has to leave. It's simple.

"We protect him - the same with Jadon, Phil - but he has to decide. It's no more than that."

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him
Pep Guardiola pleaded with Brahim Diaz to sign new Man City deal

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him
Brahim Diaz scored his only goal this season in Carabao Cup win over Fulham

But Diaz has snubbed the chance to stay in England after agreeing a £60,000-a-week deal with the European champions.

And Los Blancos could even push for a deal to take him to the Bernabeu next month with City prepared to do business knowing Diaz will be leaving next year.

The Spanish giants do not want a repeat of their botched attempt to sign Jadon Sancho when he snubbed them to join Borussia Dortmund last year.

Sancho wanted to train with the first-team squad and also looked for assurances over how much time he would be given on the pitch.

However, they were reluctant to agree to his terms and are determined not to make the same mistake again.

Real have told the midfielder he will be part of their plans for the second half of the season alongside the lure of helping Santiago Scolari’s side defend their Champions League crown.

Man City starlet Brahim Diaz agrees to join Real Madrid on £60,000-a-week deal despite Guardiola claiming club would ‘do everything’ to keep him
Sancho made his England debut under Gareth Southgate and impressed

Last summer England star Sancho, 18, turned his back on a new deal at City to join Borussia Dortmund for an £8million transfer fee.

Sancho had spent two years at City, who had offered him a new contract worth £30,000 a week and had promised to take him on the pre-season tour to the USA.

At Dortmund, Sancho has gone from strength-to-strength .

This season he’s scored five goals and eight assists in 19 games and also made his England debut.