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The Daily Star Sunday can reveal that Lyon have slapped a £70m valuation on the midfielder for the January transfer window.

City’s current record signing is Riyad Mahrez, who arrived in the summer from Leicester for £60m.

City boss Pep Guardiola is known to be hugely impressed with Ndombele, 21, who was outstanding in Lyon’s 2-1 win at The Etihad last month in the Champions League.

Ndombele was originally considered by City in the summer, when they lost out to Chelsea for Napoli’s Jorginho.

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Guardiola is committed to landing another midfielder, with Fernandinho now 33.

City have also been linked with Ajax’s Frenkie de Jong and Wolves’ Ruben Neves, both 21.

But interest is growing in Ndombele.

Meanwhile, Vincent Kompany, 33, may have to take a 50 per cent pay cut to stay at City – he is out of contract in the summer.