The transfer window has only opened its doors officially for ten days, but it is already that Manchester City carried its first shots, even before the start of the Club World Cup on June 15. In just 48 hours, the English club announced the arrival of 4 recruits for around € 140 million spent. Suddenly, Rayan Aït-Nouri (€ 50 million), Rayan Cherki (€ 36 million), Marcus Bettinelli (free) and now Tijjani Reijnders (€ 55 million) laid their suitcases on the side of Etihad Stadium. And it is probably only the beginning since the young Sverre Nypan is expected. He would join the Cityzens for € 18 million before being immediately loaned to Rosenborg.
Summer is just beginning and Pep Guardiola needs other reinforcements such as a right side or a goalkeeper. Other elements will leave like Kevin de Bruyne, in the process of signing to Naples him who is at the end of the contract. Jack Grealish is no longer one of the plans either. It is a real moult that the club has started since January, after having experienced a first half of the season well below its usual standards, precipitated by Rodri's knee injury.
More than 350 M € spent in six months
On the verge of elimination in the first round in the Champions League and dropped in the Premier League, the Skyblues did not wait until June to strengthen. As of last winter, they welcomed Omar Marmoush for € 75 million from Eintrach Frankfurt, then Nico Gonzalez against € 60 million from FC Porto, before offering Abdukodir Khusanov de Lens for € 40 million. The three new recruits have done good and allowed their new team to finish the championship in much better.
Pep Guardiola's men finished in a 3rd qualifying place in the Champions League, which has long been threatened. The long -term future was also ensured with the signatures of Vitor Reis (€ 37 million in Palmeiras), Juma Bah (€ 6 million in Valladolid, loaned to Lens in the process) and Claudio Echeverri (€ 18 million from River Plate, bought in January 2024 but loaned until January 2025). All these sums cumulative, City therefore dropped € 359 million to rebuild a competitive workforce. And there are still two and a half months of transfer window, even though the club is still awaiting a decision of the independent committee for 115 accusations of violations of the financial rules of the Premier League which it is the subject.
