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title: "Everton plotting move for Manchester City youngster"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/everton-plotting-move-for-manchester-city-youngster/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Brown"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2019-01-17T13:09:42Z"
modified: "2019-01-17T15:04:45Z"
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# Everton plotting move for Manchester City youngster

Everton are reportedly interested in Manchester City youngster Rabbi Matondo, [according to HITC.](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/01/17/do-report-everton-and-southampton-planning-etihad-raid-for-rabbi/)

The forward has been on the books of Manchester City since 2016, when he made the move from Cardiff City aged just 15.

[The Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6600713/Manchester-City-set-sign-Croatia-19-captain-Ante-Palaversa-Hajduk-Split-7m.html) have claimed that the prodigy turned down the chance to commit his long-term future to City with the refusal of a contract, becoming the latest in a line of high-profile contract holdouts amongst the Premier League’s best and brightest.

And consequently, Everton are keen to profit from the acrimony.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2019/01/931917320.jpg)

Matondo has never turned out for City’s senior side and is reportedly eager to break free of the shackles at the Etihad.

With so many world-class forwards ahead of him in the pecking order, it is perhaps not surprising that the Liverpool-born attacker would be keen for a chance away from Manchester.

And, he could be heading back to Merseyside, with the revelation that Marco Silva’s side are interested in the Welsh international.