Man City could get £20m transfer boost as Taylor Harwood-Bellis outlines future plans
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTaylor Harwood-Bellis wants to stay at Southampton next season if they earn promotion to the Premier League. The defender, who won promotion from the second tier last season with Burnley, went on to captain England under-21s to their European Championship success in the summer.
With a surprising lack of suitors to buy him permanently over the summer transfer window, Harwood-Bellis made the season-long loan switch to St Mary's on deadline day.
Harwood-Bellis signed a contract extension at City until 2025 before departing on loan, but should Southampton get promoted this season that will trigger an obligation to buy the centre-back for around £20m barring any exceptional circumstances. ALSO READ: Man City fans should be credited for Sir Bobby Charlton tribute ALSO READ: Ruben Dias says Man City's best is never enough after Manchester United win Now, Harwood-Bellis said he would 'snap your hand off' to make his move permanent, adding that playing in the Premier League is his main ambition for next season - preferably with Southampton.
Speaking to the Daily Echo, he said: “If we get promoted [I want to stay]. Yeah, 100 per cent. That’s the drive of the whole club, to get back to the Premier League, and that’s where I want to be. “I wouldn’t have come here if that wasn’t the club's ambition.
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