City Football Group, Manchester City's parent company, monitored the situation of Australian and German centre-back Lucas Herrington before his summer transfer to Hull City. Several other Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester United, Everton, and Newcastle United, also showed interest in the defender at that time, while Chelsea's owners, BlueCo, were also observing him. Herrington joined Hull from Colorado Rapids in August 2026 for a club-record fee of £17 million. Barcelona's firm interest has continued, while the German clubs Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig have also checked on the 19-year-old this season. The defender has 8 caps for Australia, is under contract at Hull until June 2031, and has a current market value of €15.00m according to Transfermarkt.