Manchester City have named their price for Al Ittihad target Ederson, with Kevin De Bruyne also still linked with the Saudi Pro League side.

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• Man City open to selling Ederson
• Al Ittihad interested in 'keeper
• De Bruyne not in talks with Saudi clubs

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Fabrizio Romano reports that City want between €50 and €60 million (£42m-£51m/$54-$65m) for Ederson. But Al Ittihad are described as "still not close" to that amount for the Brazilian goalkeeper. It suggests he is going nowhere any time soon.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Speculation linking De Bruyne with a high profile switch to Saudi Arabia is persistent. But Romano adds that the stories can be considered "fake" at this time, with no talks even taking place.

• WHAT DE BRUYNE HAS SAID ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA

  "For Michele [my wife], an exotic adventure is okay. These are also conversations that we are increasingly having as a family," De Bruyne told in June, not ruling out Saudi Arabia. "I still have one year left on my contract, so I have to think about what could happen. My eldest is now eight years old and knows nothing but England. He also asks how long I will play for City. Once the moment comes, we will have to deal with it in a certain way.

  "At my age you have to be open to everything. You're talking about incredible amounts of money in what may be the end of my career. Sometimes you have to think about that. If I play there for two years, I will be able to earn an incredible amount of money. Before that I had to play football for 15 years. I may not even reach that amount yet. Then you have to think about what that could mean next. But at the moment I haven't had to think about that yet."

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MAN CITY?

  Facing continued competition from Arsenal this coming season, City have prepared for that by spending an intial £21m ($27.2m) on Savinho. But more than twice that has been brought in by selling Liam Delap, Sergio Gomez, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and others, leaving more room to invest in the market. There are no obvious gaps in the squad but goalkeeper could become an area to target if Al Ittihad up what they are willing to offer for Ederson.

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