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title: "Porto ready to re-sign Mangala"
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author: "Jack Brain"
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published: "2016-06-24T20:18:51Z"
modified: "2016-06-24T20:18:51Z"
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# Porto ready to re-sign Mangala

Portuguese outfit FC Porto are looking rescue Eliaquim Mangala from his Manchester City nightmare by re-signing him this summer.

The 25-year-old has struggled for consistency since moving to the Etihad Stadium in 2014 and could be a victim of Pep Guardiola’s summer overhaul at the club.

![Ian Walton/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/06/503177570.jpg)

Despite a promising start to life at City, Mangala fell out-of-favour under Manuel Pellegrini and dropped further down the pecking order at the Sportscity campus when Nicolas Otamendi was signed from Valencia last summer.

[O Jogo](https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2016/06/24/fc-porto-tenta-o-regresso-de-mangala), a Portuguese news outlet, reports that Mangala’s former club are now looking to bring the Frenchman back to the club.

![Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/06/157629191.jpg)

The rumoured price is unknown, but it is thought to be substantially less than the £32m paid for him two years ago. City are willing to cut their losses on Mangala who, following the result of the EU referendum, is not eligible for a work permit.

Guardiola has lined up defensive replacements such as Everton’s John Stones but missed out number one target Aymeric Laporte, who signed a four-year contract extension with current club Athletic Bilbao.