Report: The club who's more likely to sign Sandro Tonali out of Liverpool and Man City
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Liverpool have been mooted as a potential destination for Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali for a while.A January move for Tonali was shut down, but speculation around the Italian’s future has not gone away and has once again ramped up this week.The player’s agent opened the door for a summer move earlier this year, and Liverpool have now been approached about the midfielder, though Manchester City are thought to be ahead of them in the race.Manchester City mooted as Sandro Tonali’s most likely next clubNewcastle are enduring a difficult 2025/26 and face the prospect of no European football next term.Amid a steep decline, TeamTalk are now reporting that Tonali’s representatives are stepping up efforts to secure their client a move once the 2026 summer transfer window opens up.Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are all said to have been approached about the player, though how keen they were on a deal isn’t clear.However, it is crucially also mentioned that rival teams now think that Man City could become the Newcastle man’s most likely destination in the summer.Liverpool at risk of falling away from Man CityWith two months of the Premier League season still to go, nothing is set in stone at this point.But if Tonali decides he wants to sign for Manchester City in the summer amid Liverpool interest, he would become the third player to do so in less than a year.Marc Guehi moved to the Etihad Stadium after a long-standing interest from the Reds, while another target, Antoine Semenyo, also picked City amid links to Liverpool.Man City have fallen off in 2025/26, but they are consistently making signings to try and get back to their previous level.The Merseyside outfit, on the other hand, did not bring in a single player for the second half of the 2025/26 season.If City are able to continue picking off all the top talent from outside of the top six with little to no resistance, there is a chance their Premier League dominance is restored while the Reds continue to struggle.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox