Eliaquim Mangala reportedly may not be sold by Manchester City this summer, with manager PepGuardiola willing to give him a chance to rejoin the first team.
However, playmaker Samir Nasri is one member of a trio set to leave the Etihad Stadium this summer, along with striker Wilfried Bony.
Jamie Jackson of the Guardian revealed that "while City are still open to offers for him, Guardiola is involving Mangala with the first-team squad and the France defender could yet stay at the club."
Jackson underlined how Guardiola's squad is short at centre-half: "City lack depth at centre-back, where Vincent Kompany, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi are the only senior options.