• Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • Lionel Messi
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
    • EA FC 25
    • Wrexham
  • Boxing
    • Tyson Fury
    • Anthony Joshua
    • Oleksandr Usyk
    • Mike Tyson
    • Jake Paul
    • Logan Paul
  • UFC
    • Dana White
    • Conor McGregor
    • Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Jon Jones
    • Paddy Pimblett
    • Joe Rogan
  • Other Sport
    • Athletics
    • Formula 1
    • MMA
    • Motorsport
    • NBA
    • Darts
    • NFL
    • Snooker
    • Wrestling
    • Tennis
    • Cricket
    • Golf
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Man City's new £77 million signing Josko Gvardiol only has three shirts on his wall

Home> Football> Football News> Man City

Updated 13:48 6 Aug 2023 GMT+1Published 19:29 3 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Man City's new £77 million signing Josko Gvardiol only has three shirts on his wall

Man City's Josko Gvardiol has three shirts on his wall, including a bizarre addition.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Manchester City have completed the club-record signing of RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol and the Croatian's surprise shirt collection has emerged.

City had earmarked Gvardiol as a priority signing this summer and after back-and-forth negotiations, agreed a fee of £77.6 million for the 21-year-old.

Taking exchange rates and inflation into account, the transfer has not eclipsed the £80 million Manchester United paid Leicester City for Harry Maguire in 2019.

Gvardiol joins compatriot Mateo Kovacic in signing for the treble-winners.

He has the nickname 'Pep’ as a nod to how similar his name sounds to his soon-to-be manager, but another bizarre fact about the former Dinamo Zagreb has come to light.

Advert

Gvardiol has played against the likes of Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Lionel Messi but he has a different trio of shirts on his wall.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

One is the Croatia national team shirt and another belongs to his international teammate Filip Krovinovic from when he was at Benfica.

The final one, however, is a puzzling one. Gvardiol has the shirt of former Chelsea, Southampton and Leicester City left-back Ryan Bertrand despite never actually swapping jerseys with him.

Advert

The story goes that Bertrand's agency were keen on linking up with Gvardiol in his younger days but nothing ever materialised.

As a sort of apology, Gvardiol received a signed Bertrand jersey.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

"His agent wanted to sign me, but in the end none of that happened, so he sent me a signed jersey," Gvardiol explained, as per 90 Min.

Advert

Bertrand has made 262 appearances in the Premier League but now finds himself without a club having been released by relegated Leicester City.

Gvardiol might just get his hands on a new set of shirts in the Premier League and could well have his eyes on Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, who he has revealed his admiration for.

As a kid, I admired Lionel Messi, but now I am increasingly watching the players in my position. And today is the best Virgil Van Dijk," he told 24sata.

Gvardiol, who can play in multiple positions, has signed a long-term deal at City.

Featured Image Credit: Getty, FIFA & Catawiki

Topics: Manchester City, Josko Gvardiol, Croatia, Chelsea, Southampton, Leicester City

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

X

@joshlawless_

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Liverpool forced to take drastic action after wonderkid 'terrorises' first team players in training

    The wonderkid could play a key role in pre-season for Arne Slot's side.

    Football
  • 2 hours ago

    Newcastle stance on Alexander Isak transfer to Liverpool emerges after huge bid submitted for Hugo Ekitike

    Newcastle are in the market for one of Europe's most sought-after strikers.

    Football
  • 3 hours ago

    Cole Palmer drops the coldest three-word message on Instagram after Donald Trump controversy at Club World Cup final

    Palmer and his Chelsea team-mates celebrated their Club World Cup success with an unexpected visitor.

    Football
  • 4 hours ago

    Rodrygo sends Chelsea fans into meltdown with Instagram comment after Club World Cup final win

    The Real Madrid star's comment has some Chelsea fans seriously excited.

    Football
  • Josko Gvardiol names shock pick for the 'most underrated player' at Man City that most wouldn't expect
  • Man City Josko Gvardiol has three shirts on the wall, including surprise former Premier League star
  • Man City's new signing Nico Gonzalez has made a special request that Rodri has already asked for
  • Ruben Amorim 'personally holds talks' with £68 million player to become his first Man Utd signing