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Former Leicester City midfielder Vicente Iborra has claimed that Man City signing Harry Maguire 'could be like Virgil van Dijk's to Liverpool.'

City have been heavily linked with Maguire this summer as Pep Guardiola wants a new centre-back to fill the void left by departing captain Vincent Kompany this summer.

The Foxes are notoriously tough negotiators, however, as City discovered in their pursuit of Riyad Mahrez, and won't let their prize asset go on the cheap.

Astronomical amounts of money are being reported as their asking price, with a fee that would break the world record currently set at £75million by Liverpool for Van Dijk likely required to prise Maguire away.

Iborra was teammates with the England icon for a season and a half at the King Power and he sang the defenders praises, claiming it could be a massive transfer for City.

"He is a great player," the Villarreal player told Marca.

"He’s very powerful, with good balance, great at bringing the ball out and he can score goals. He had a great World Cup and is a super footballer. His transfer to Manchester City could be like Van Dijk’s to Liverpool.”

Liverpool's capture of Van Dijk catapulted them from a very good team to an incredible one that reached two Champions League finals in a row and was the best second placed team in Premier League history.

If Maguire had such an effect on City then god only knows how good they'd be.