The mancityfans.net football forum

Manchester City

In

Jeremey Doku - Rennes, £55.5m

Josko Gvardiol - RB Leipzig, £77.6m

Mateo Kovacic - Chelsea, £30m

Spike Brits - AFC Wimbledon, undisclosed

Yangel Herrera - Girona, undisclosed

Matheus Nunes - Wolves, £53m

Out

Riyad Mahrez - Al Ahli, £30m

Aymeric Laporte - Al Nassr, £23.6m

Joao Cancelo - Barcelona, loan

Shea Charles - Southampton, £15m

James Trafford - Burnley, £19m

Alex Robertson - Portsmouth, loan

Josh McNamara - Southampton, undisclosed

Adedire Mebude - KVC Westerlo, undisclosed

Morgan Rogers - Middlesbrough, undisclosed

Cieran Slicker - Ipswich, undisclosed

Terrell Agyemang - Middlesbrough, free

Ilkay Gundogan - Barcelona, free

Benjamin Mendy - Lorient, free

Kian Breckin - Wycombe, loan

Yan Couto - Girona, loan

Liam Delap - Hull, loan

Callum Doyle - Leicester, loan

Issa Kabore - Luton, loan

Josh Wilson-Esbrand - Reims, loan

Carlos Borges - Ajax, £16.3m

Finley Burns - Stevenage, loan

Rowan McDonald - Released

Jadel Katongo - Peterborough, loan

Maximo Perrone - Las Palmas, loan

Cole Palmer - Chelsea, £42.5m

Tommy Doyle - Wolves, loan

Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Southampton, loan

James McAtee - Sheffield United, loan

So this was our business. Also we will have got in the region of £20 from sell ons from Pedro Porro and Lavia. And I dare say a few of the loans paid fees as well

Thoughts on the window?

Pretty decent for my money

Zac Steffan end up staying? He must have been very bad for Boro last season!!!

I’d only add keeping Walker and Bernardo. Gvardiol and Kovacic already look the part. Hopefully Doku and Nunes will too. Kevin’s long term injury was a nasty blow and the Club have reacted swiftly. Bad luck with the Paqueta situation but couldn’t be helped.

blues2win wrote:I’d only add keeping Walker and Bernardo. Gvardiol and Kovacic already look the part. Hopefully Doku and Nunes will too. Kevin’s long term injury was a nasty blow and the Club have reacted swiftly. Bad luck with the Paqueta situation but couldn’t be helped.

Agreed. Still don't see the fuss around Paqueta but the option remains in January if the betting issues clear up as I think we are still light on creativity but in signing Nunes we can take some of the heat off Rodders which is a great for us and him and also have the option of moving Rodders up the pitch into Gundo's role for the games against park the bus teams

Mase wrote:Zac Steffan end up staying? He must have been very bad for Boro last season!!!

still recuperating from knee surgery back in the USA

johnny crossan wrote:

Mase wrote:Zac Steffan end up staying? He must have been very bad for Boro last season!!!

still recuperating from knee surgery back in the USA

Ah cheers. Let’s see what happens with him.

Gundo says in interview with the Athletic he left because Club started contract negotiations too late and that he never had a chance to tell Pep his decision face to face. I rather bought the argument he was always going to leave because he wanted a change of scene and the treble was the perfect time to leave. Oh well whatever it’s done now.

blues2win wrote:Gundo says in interview with the Athletic he left because Club started contract negotiations too late and that he never had a chance to tell Pep his decision face to face. I rather bought the argument he was always going to leave because he wanted a change of scene and the treble was the perfect time to leave. Oh well whatever it’s done now.

Yeah…nothing to do with his Mrs

Looks a good window to me. Would have liked Gundo to stay but Kova has got right in for me so far. Not got the same ability to arrive in the box as Gundo, but perhaps a better range of vertical passing, so it’s a good trade.

Doku looks exciting but raw. Perfect player for Pep to mound.

Gvdiol looks like a solid defender but not quite as sharp with the ball, in a similar way Diaz does to be fair. Not bad with the ball, just not the ball retention monsters we’ve become used to. If his passing improves at all he’ll be a hell of a player for us.

Nunes I’ll reserve judgement until he’s on the pitch, but looks a good bit of business.

On the outs I think we robbed Chelsea blind for Palmer, mahrez and Laporte had probably reached their natural ends with us despite both still being class and we kept Walker and Bernardo.

Overall solid business and that’s without all the smaller amounts we got on top. World class recruitment.

Mase wrote:

blues2win wrote:Gundo says in interview with the Athletic he left because Club started contract negotiations too late and that he never had a chance to tell Pep his decision face to face. I rather bought the argument he was always going to leave because he wanted a change of scene and the treble was the perfect time to leave. Oh well whatever it’s done now.

Yeah…nothing to do with his Mrs

Agree with that Mase. I would add his time at Farca playing at a relic of a stadium not the camp Spotify must have been overlooked. Thanks for the memories Gundo, but please spare us the Bullshit….

Walker finally signs an extension to 2026. He exploited the situation very well. Personally I’d rather Dias was Captain.

https://x.com/mancity/status/1702366600 ... 9Awxy5lqVQ


Walker extension video. It’s different!

blues2win wrote:https://x.com/mancity/status/1702366600849137822?s=61&t=6ifllXVJePmO9Awxy5lqVQ


Walker extension video. It’s different!

Hahah Wolf on Wall Street spoof.
Great haha

Agree re dias being captain and walker using the situation. But I imagine it was more about pep dropping him