Officials at the Etihad Stadium had their eye on one other potential sporting director replacement to Txiki Begiristain prior to moving ahead with Hugo Viana.Sporting CP’s current director of

Manchester City are set to hire Sporting Lisbon’s Hugo Viana to replace the outgoing Txiki Begiristain as their new sporting director. Viana’s arrival at City could be announced as early as next week,

Manchester City will meet Sporting in the Champions League in November and had a memorable trip there in February 2022