Man City concede defeat in Marc Cucurella pursuit?

Manchester City have reportedly halted their pursuit of Brighton and Hove Albion left-back Marc Cucurella.

The Premier League champions have been targeting Cucurella as a replacement for Oleksandr Zinchenko, who recently joined Arsenal for £32m.

On Friday, the Spaniard made his intentions clear by <a href="/football/man-city/transfer-talk/news/brightons-cucurella-hands-in-transfer-request-amid-man-city-links_491134.html">submitting a transfer request</a> to Brighton in the hope of completing a move to the Etihad Stadium.

However, according to <a href="/fwd/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlc3VuLmNvLnVrL3Nwb3J0LzE5MzY5ODUxL2JyaWdodG9uLWVuZC1jaXR5LWN1Y3VyZWxsYS10cmFuc2Zlci1uZWdvdGlhdGlvbnMv/?fwd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fsport%2F19369851%2 . . .