A few days ago, The Athletic summarized Manchester City's summer window. Is this transfer window successful or failed? Manchester City introduced Ederson's replacement, introduced Ait Nuri to fill the left-back position, introduced Reindes&#...
A few days ago, The Athletic summarized Manchester City's summer window.
Is this transfer window successful or failed?
Manchester City introduced Ederson's replacement, introduced Ait Nuri to fill the left-back position, introduced Reindes' replica of Gundogan in 2021, and introduced Serky to solve the impact of De Bruyne's departure. Net expenditure is about 110 million pounds, reducing a lineup with an average age of nearly 30 to 25.6 years old. From a long-term perspective, this transfer window is successful.
The only position in Manchester City that has no reinforcement is the right back. Rico Lewis and Nunes are just temporary remedies. This negligence may have consequences in Manchester City's last two losses. The extent of its impact will largely determine the success of this transfer window.
Will Guardiola be satisfied?
Guardiola is an emotional person who never hides his rich expressions when communicating with players. Therefore, facing the huge pressure brought by the bloated lineup, it is not difficult to imagine that he would pat the senior players on the cheek and thank those who finally decided to leave the team on the day of closing the window.
Ederson, Gundogan and Akanji's departures have greatly reduced wage spending, but also made him much easier when choosing a roster. With Galish, Vittor Rees and Echeviri also being loaned out, the number of players he needs to manage is more controllable, which in turn will satisfy him. What are the priorities for January
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depends largely on whether Donnarumma can help stabilize Manchester City's defense. If not, the right back could be on the signing list. Manchester City is not short of people in other positions, but if Guardiola can't get Doku, Savigno and Bob to contribute the required goals and assists on the wing, it may be necessary to update the winger candidate for Haaland.
Is there a budget for the winter window?
Manchester City has invested heavily in January and then made considerable net expenditures this summer. The departure of many highly paid players also helps reduce wages, but Manchester City's step-by-step reconstruction has been basically completed unless one or two players need to be added when suffering from injuries.
