Pep Guardiola needs a handful of new signing sessions if he wants his Manchester City Team Liverpool again for the Premier League title after he finished third and suffers a trophy season
Manchester City has the chance to leave their difficult season when the 2025-26 campaign comes and boss Pep Guardiola will know that he needs reinforcements if he has to challenge Liverpool for the title. City finished third last season and only completed their second campaign without silverware under the Spaniard.
Guardiola will want to make sure that he will not go another year without lifting a trophy, but to do that there are a number of positions that need to be strengthened.
The most important priority of the city is finding a replacement for the departing Kevin De Bruyne in the role of No. 10. They chased a movement for Bayer Leverkusen -star Florian Wirtz, but Liverpool and Bayern Munich went for them as favorites to sign the playmaker.
The club also needs more options in defense after problems with full-back on both flanks, while a new midfielder will be needed because they are looking for replacements for Ilkay Gundogan and Mateo Kovacic in the long term.
So, how will Manchester City XI start if they succeed in signing all their goals? Mirror Football has taken a look.
Ederson remains Guardiola's No 1 -choice in the goal, even though he was dropped for a handful of matches last season over some bad displays during the rotten run of 11 games of the team without a victory.
Guardiola desperately needs new full backs and the city is linked to Tino Livramento in Newcastle, from whom they are great admirers, after an excellent season under Eddie Howe. Guardiola was forced to place Matheus Nunes out of position on right back after Kyle Walker moved to AC Milan and a push with a big money to praise Livramento from Newcastle is not discounted.
Although he often chops and changes his starting center-back partnership, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol must form the ideal combination, while a new player on the left flank is also needed.
Jonger Nico O'Reilly admires admirably there last season, but Wolves star Rayan Ait-Nouri is at the top of his list to resolve the dilemma, with the two clubs now in conversations about a potential compensation for the Algeria International.
In midfield, Guardiola Ballon d'Or Winner Rodri would have to welcome after his long -term ACL injury and after announcing the signing of £ 46 million from AC Milan's Tijjani Reijnders, he would have to slot next to the Spain.
Although he has Omar Marmoush at his disposal, Guardiola needs another player who can play at number 10 after De Bruyne's departure. That player could be Lyon's Rayan Cherki after reports from France that “accelerates” a movement for the playmaker.
Cherki, who managed 12 goals and 19 assists last season, has a release clause of £ 25 million – a bargain for such a talented player and it is said that the city is already progressing, with the city that already agrees.
On either side of Cherki, Guardiola Savinho was able to play on the right wing and Jeremy Doku on the left. Jack Grealisk is not in the manager's long-term plans and on the way to the outside, while the club hope that Phil Foden can come back to his best in 2025-26; The international of England is given time to be right.
Bernardo Silva is of course also in the mix, while Marmoush can sometimes work from wide to force himself to the line-up; He is an alternative to Doku on the left with his ability to cut in from deep and fire shots from a distance.
Then of course there is Erling Haaland in the front.
Potential Manchester City XI: Ederson; Livramento, Dias, Akanji, Ait-Nouri; Reijnders, Rodri; Savinho, Cherki, Doku; Trap