526 M€ spent, three midfielders bought for 100 M€ or more, Manchester City sent very heavy into the summer transfer window, just to regenerate a squad which seemed to be at the end of its cycle. It was also necessary to mark the break with the Pep Guardiola era, who left after 10 years of success.
First question, can a transfer window be successful when we let go of a Ballon d’Or, incidentally the best player of the last World Cup? The departure of Rodri is the black spot of the last market, but Man City hit hard by attracting Bouaddi, Anderson and Enzo Fernandez. They are thus completely reconfiguring a key sector, where Mateo Kovacic and Nico O’Reilly still feature. There are thus 5 for two positions in the 4-2-3-1 set up by new coach Enzo Maresca.
What if Haaland gets injured?
Almost all positions are doubled in the Manchester City squad. Except one. And not just any one since it is that of number 9. Behind the untouchable Erling Haaland, no one. Where there was a Julian Alvarez then an Omar Marmoush, there is now no longer an understudy for the Norwegian. If we refer to last season, it’s not so serious since the serial scorer had only experienced one injury, missing 1 match for his team.
But the previous season, he missed 12, injured in December and January. Who would be best suited to replace Haaland in the event of his absence? Who will Maresca choose to rest his Norwegian Viking from time to time? It will be played between Semenyo, Ndiaye or even Allan. We can therefore spend more than €500 million on a transfer window and pray that our number 9 does not get injured…
