Mendy was set to have a medical on Tuesday but it was postponed

Manchester City are hoping to add Danilo and Benjamin Mendy to their squad over the next few days as part of Pep Guardiola’s extensive recruitment drive, which could end up costing the club close to £300 million.

City have signed Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Ederson and Douglas Luiz for a combined total of up to £144 million, but Guardiola, the head coach, confirmed yesterday that the club were in talks with “three or four” more targets.

It is understood that City are confident that they have beaten off competition from Chelsea to sign Danilo from Real Madrid for £26.5 million. The Brazil player joined the European champions in 2015, but has failed to hold down a regular first-team place. Guardiola is a fan of Danilo’s