{"id":479,"date":"2026-10-03T21:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=479"},"modified":"2026-10-03T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:23:04","slug":"manchester-city-are-in-the-mix-to-sign-this-gifted-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City are in the mix to sign this gifted defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City are reportedly interested in 16-year-old Vasco da Gama defender Breno Sales, with Chelsea and Arsenal also in the race for the Brazilian prospect in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Sales has impressed for Vasco\u2019s U20 side, making 21 appearances and showcasing strong tackling, positioning, passing and aerial ability. The 1.87m centre-back can also play at left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Still raw, Sales would need time to adapt to the physical demands of English football, but he is viewed as a potential future star and could strengthen City\u2019s academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Manchester City are reportedly interested in 16-year-old Vasco da Gama defender Breno Sales, with Chelsea and Arsenal also in the race for the Brazilian prospect <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=479\" title=\"Manchester City are in the mix to sign this gifted defender\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/manchester-city-v-sunderland-premier-league-2026-27-1-1219x840-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}