Manchester City are watching Sampdoria 's Italy international midfielder Roberto Soriano . The 24-year-old was born in Germany to Italian parents and initially came through the ranks at Bayern Munich . City are looking for versatile attacking midfielders and are keen on Wolfsburg star Kevin de Bruyne . The Bundesliga side want a staggering £40million for the Belgian who they bought from Chelsea for £16.7m and Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain are also in the hunt . Roberto Soriano ( centre ) is being watched Manchester City scouts as they contemplate a move . Soriano was called up to the national squad last year and can play centrally or on the left hand side . Inter Milan and Schalke have also posted scouts to watch him lately . City had scouts watching Manchester United target Holland international winger Memphis Depay of PSV Eindhoven last week and his highly-rated teammate Jetro Willems , a 20-year-old left-back . Soriano ( right ) is challenged by Tomas Rincon of Genoa CFC during the Serie A clash .
Manchester City sent scouts to watch Sampdoria 's Jetro Willems . The midfielder is highly rated and was called up to the Italian squad . City are scouting Kevin de Bruyne , Memphis Depay and Roberto Soriano . Click here for all the latest Manchester City news .