Man City buy costly new midfield - but have they overlooked Haaland cover?
Manchester City have completed a squad overhaul including a fully revamped midfield to the tune of a Premier League record £458m, but that eyewatering number does not tell the full story.
Manchester City have completed their summer transfer window with a £458m overhaul of their squad, a new Premier League record. The record fee was broken twice this summer, with the team spending £125m on Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea and £116m on Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. The club also brought in 18-year-old Morocco international Ayyoub Bouaddi for £86m.
However, the departure of key players like captain Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Reijnders, and Nico Gonzalez has transformed the midfield. The club has expressed satisfaction with the transfers, especially in January where they signed Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi. With so many new signings, the question now is whether the team has left itself without a backup to Erling Haaland.
Despite spending a record £542m on new signings, City has recouped £334m through sales, netting a spend of £208m. The club is now in a dilemma of how to fit all these players together and manage the number of midfielders.
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