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Man City joined in race to sign £70million-rated Chelsea star Pedro Neto Manchester City face competition from Al Hilal to sign Pedro Neto from Chelsea, talkSPORT understands. The Portugal winger has emerged as a target for the 21-time champions of Saudi Arabia. talkSPORT reported earlier this month that Chelsea value Neto at £70million – £16million more than they paid to sign him from Wolves two years ago. Man City are keen to bring the 26-year-old to the Etihad Stadium as a replacement for Savinho, who has been strongly linked with a move to Tottenham, for whom Neto himself is also a rumoured target. Were Neto to make the switch to the North West, he would be reunited with Enzo Maresca – his boss when he joined Chelsea. Should he sign for Al Hilal, he will link up with international teammates Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves – the latter of whom he played alongside at Wolves. Neto's Chelsea future Despite starting 54 games across all competitions in the last two seasons, the big-money arrival of Morgan Rogers could see Neto struggle for minutes under new Blues boss Xabi Alonso. Rogers is one of a host of attacking arrivals at Stamford Bridge this summer, along with Emmanuel Emegha, Geovany Quenda, Danny Welbeck and Dastan Satapayev – though the latter was immediately loaned out to Burnley. Discussing the possibility of Neto heading to Man City, talkSPORT's Chief Football Correspondent Alex Crook explained: "Pedro Neto is a player that Maresca knows well from his time at Chelsea, and I'm told Manchester City's interest in Neto is genuine. "This could develop if Savinho completes what would be a protracted move to Tottenham, bearing in mind they tried to sign him last summer and in the January transfer window. "That interest remains. Roberto De Zerbi is driving it at the moment. Savinho is keen to make the move. So it could be one in, one out at the Etihad. "I think Chelsea would demand a fee in the region of £70million for Neto – City were asking for £60million for Savinho. "So, these two pieces of the transfer jigsaw could end up fitting together quite nicely." Neto was involved in Chelsea's final two pre-season friendlies against AC Milan and Real Sociedad after helping Portugal to the last 16 of this summer's World Cup. Chelsea begin the 2026/27 Premier League campaign away to West London rivals Fulham a week on Monday August 24, live on talkSPORT. Man City, meanwhile, kicked off the post-Pep Guardiola era in concerning fashion having been swept aside 3-0 by Premier League champions Arsenal in the Community Shield. They get their league season underway at home to Bournemouth next Sunday.