Manchester City star Savinho missed training on Thursday due to illness, it’s been reported.City are gearing up for the Community Shield meeting with Arsenal at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.Savinho sat out Manchester City training ahead of their Community Shield meeting with ArsenalHowever, the Athletic’s Sam Lee confirmed the Brazilian sat out training in the lead up to the clash with the Gunners due to illness.Jack Grealish was involved ahead of the meeting with the Premier League champions as the midfielder looks to make his first City appearance in over a year.Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku, Nico O’Reilly, Elliot Anderson and Marc Guehi were also part of the squad for the Community Shield showdown.Savinho’s absence, albeit reportedly due to him being unwell, will further heighten speculation surrounding his future at the Etihad Stadium.The former Girona man has been heavily linked with a move to Tottenham over the last 12 months.Spurs failed in their pursuit of the 22-year-old last summer, and again at the turn of the year.Spurs turn attention to attackThe north London side are hoping to land the Brazil international before the transfer window closes with the capital outfit set for a hectic end to the summer.Spurs spent the first half of the window bringing in new bodies at the back as they signed Martin Dubravka, Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Jan Paul van Hecke.Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali both secured big-money moves to the club as they joined from West Ham and Newcastle, respectively.Tonali is the marquee summer signing at Hotspur WayTottenham Hotspur FCNow, Spurs are looking to raise further funds in order to strengthen the attack.Cristian Romero is on the cusp of a move to Atletico Madrid, while full-back Djed Spence is set to secure a switch to Inter Milan.And Savinho isn’t the only attacking player that Spurs have been linked with this summer.Liverpool’s Dutch forward Cody Gakpo is also believed to be on the club’s radar.However, Ben Jacobs outlined recently that Liverpool would rather keep than sell Gakpo.“Liverpool’s preference is to keep (hold of Gakpo), that won’t change unless they add one if not two attack-minded players,” Jacobs told Hawksbee & Baker last week.“Then possibly towards the middle or the end of the window, maybe not today, tomorrow, but by the time we get into mid-August and beyond, if Liverpool get what they need in the market, Cody Gakpo’s position could change a little bit.Tottenham are interested in signing Gakpo this summerGetty“But, for now, it’s been described to me by sources as a ‘fool’s errand’ to negotiate with Liverpool for Gakpo now because they’re going to reject everything until such a point where they know one if not two players are going to come in.“With Bradley Barcola being the top target and interest also in Ibrahim Mbaye amongst other players as well.“And my sense is two would need to come in for Liverpool to change their stance, but Tottenham are serious about Cody Gakpo and that would in addition, according to my information, to Savinho, who Spurs are also working on.“But before that one unlocks, it’s less about the finances and it’s more about Man City lining up a replacement.”