The acquisitions of Khusanov, Travel and Marmoush should strengthen a team in crisis that continues to struggle without Rodri.
After an economical transfer period in the summer of 2024, in which Manchester City's only investment was Savinho for 26.26 million dollars and Ilkay Gündogan brought back for free, the club took everything out of the closet in January 2025. In his last performance as a sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, together with the management of the club, spent almost $ 160 million. And there will be more, with the official announcement of the controversial signing of the 18-year-old Juma Bah van Real Valladolid and the long-awaited replacement of Rodri Hernández, whose injury City has brought an unexpected crisis, which is still hanging.
Omar Marmoush (25), Abdukodir Khusanov (20) and Vorror Reis (19) are added to a stars strewn at the lowest point since Pep Guardiola arrived in the Etihad Stadium. The Egyptian attacker, formerly Van Eintracht Frankfurt, has become the fourth most expensive acquisition in the history of Manchester City and costs the club $ 78.78 million plus another $ 5.25 million in variables.
*has yet to be completed
Although they are still lower than the 273 million dollars issued in the 2023-2024 season, the total expenditure for 2024-2025 has already surpassed that of the previous five seasons. To find a comparable figure, we must go back to the $ 333 million that was issued in 2017-2018.
Now that Kyle Walker has been lent to Milan and Juventus more than $ 73.5 million for the highly sought -after right back Andrea Cambiaso, promise the arrival of Khusanov and travel a defense that already consists of Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol and Nathan Aké. Due to injuries, however, these players are not regularly available for Guardiola.
City also had a hard time offensively, especially after the switch from Julán Álvarez to Atlético Madrid. The constant injuries of Jack Grealish, the dip in the performance of Phil Foden and the inconsistent contributions from Savinho and Jérémy Doku have worsened the problem.
Pep Guardiola's new 'strongest eleven', excluding long -term absent such as Rodri Hernández and Oscar Bobb and pending any additions at the last minute, could look like this: Ederson in Doel; Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol as right and left back respectively; Abdukodir Khusanov collaborated with Rúben Dias in the central defense or Vorror Reis collaborated with Manuel Akanji or Nathan Aké; Mateo Kovacic, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden share tasks in midfield; And at the front Omar Marmoush next to Haaland.
Original article written by Pablo Montaño, translated with the help of AI and edited by Roddy Cons.
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