Manchester City are not at their best. Left behind by Liverpool in the race for the Premier League title, the reigning English champion is also threatened with elimination in the Champions League. Twenty-second in the rankings, the team coached by Pep Guardiola could fall out of the top 24 if they lose against Paris Saint-Germain on January 22. In City, we must therefore act, and quickly.
Because the evil that is eating away at Guardiola’s men is known. Rodri’s injury caused a lot of damage and, today, no one knows how to replace the Spanish European champion. Finally, several executives are reaching the end of their cycle. The Skyblues squad is also made up of a bunch of thirty-somethings (Ederson, Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, John Stones). You will have understood, the idea is to bring a little fresh blood.
The middle is targeted
Unsurprisingly, there will be movement at the Etihad Stadium over the coming months. The Times also assures that City would like to recruit a big midfielder this winter. The English newspaper cites the highly courted Florian Wirtz (21 years old, Bayer Leverkusen), but also Martin Zubimendi (25 years old, Real Sociedad), who was followed by Liverpool last summer, and Bruno Guimarães (27 years old, Newcastle), a name regularly cited.
So many names which will however be difficult to dislodge in high season, but that’s not all. The Telegraph goes further and affirms that Manchester City would like to recruit at least six players during the next two transfer windows. Here again, the name of Zubimendi was mentioned, but the other English daily added the names of midfielders Ederson (25 years old, Atalanta) and Adam Wharton (20 years old, Crystal Palace), as well as those of defenders Jarrad Braithwaite (22 years old , Everton) and Marc Guehi (24 years old, Crystal Palace). So many targets that will cost the Cityzens a little money…
