Manchester City transfer news: Cityzens face Liverpool competition for English Ligue 1 defender

Manchester City transfer news: Cityzens face Liverpool competition for English Ligue 1 defender

Premier League heavyweights, including Liverpool and Manchester City, are interested in a young Toulouse key player before the winter transfer window opens.

Charlie Cresswell is one of the numerous nice deals made by Toulouse on the transfer market in recent years. Indeed, the English centre-back arrived during summer 2024 for £3.8m from Leeds and is already a key player in the Toulouse squad.

Cresswell tracked by 8 Premier League clubs

After a full season with 34 matches for 4 goals and 2 assists, the 23-year-old player, who won the U-21 European Championship with England this summer, is still important defensively at the start of TFC's season and is moreover showing himself decisive with 2 goals and 1 assist in 8 matches.

Charlie Cresswell Toulouse FC
Charlie Cresswell of Toulouse FC pictured in October 2025. Photo by IMAGO / PsnewZ

Already on Liverpool's radar this summer, Cresswell is attracting the attention of Premier League's big clubs. According to information from TBR Football, numerous English sides have come to closely observe the Toulouse player at the start of this season: Liverpool, Manchester City, Everton, Brentford, Brighton, Newcastle, Crystal Palace and West Ham.

Everton have planned to make an offer to Toulouse

He thus features on these outfits' radar, who are monitoring him closely before the winter transfer window opens. If Everton have planned to take action from January in this matter, according to GiveMeSport, it is, for the moment, impossible to state whether Liverpool or Manchester City will do the same.

In any case, Toulouse will struggle to keep Charlie Cresswell for very long. TFC have moreover reportedly set a starting price of €17m (£14.5m) for their centre-back, indicates TBR Football. A coherent amount for a 23-year-old player, who is valued at £10.3m by Transfermarkt, but which should not cool Premier League suitors.

This article was originally published on Top Mercato.


Editorial manager and football enthusiast, Axel stays on top of all the key football news, even if he maintains a particular attachment to clubs in the North of France - from Lens to Lille via Dunkirk - since he no longer lives there.