Tag: Manchester City

Omar Marmoush did not play for Eintracht Frankfurt in their 2-0 home win over Borussia Dortmund, as he was preparing for his transfer to Premier League giants Manchester City, who are at risk of not finishing in the top four after winning each of the last four league titles. According to Fabrizio Romano, the total package for Marmoush will amount to 80 million euros, as Manchester City, as expected, paid premium dollar to beat out the likes of Liverpool to the Egyptian star forward. Let's grade the deal from a Manchester City perspective. Fee An 80 million euro transfer fee is reasonable for Marmoush, as he is 25-year-old attacking player in the middle of the best season of his career. He's leaving a team that has Champions League football on the line and has won the Europa League ...

According to a report from Fabrizio Romano, Serie A side AC Milan are in advanced talks to acquire Kyle Walker from Manchester City and have agreed to personal terms on a new deal that will last through the 2026/27 season. With Walker set to exit the Etihad after a poor European Championship and an even worse first half of the 2024/25 Premier League season, it's time to take a look at five replacements Manchester City could sign at right back. Achraf Hakimi, PSG Achraf Hakimi would be a dream signing for Manchester City, because he can play as a right back or an inverted left back, with the latter being a positional role that Pep Guardiola perfected in the modern game. PSG's best player now that Kylian Mbappe is gone, Hakimi's talents are being wasted on a dysfunctional team that c...

Manchester City have been the most disappointing team in European football this season, falling all the way to sixth place in the Premier League where they are tied on points with Aston Villa and just a point ahead of underdogs Bournemouth. It's still a relatively respectable position in an increasingly competitive Premier League, but it is a far cry from their standard as perennial champions since 2020/21. They have suffered several humiliating defeats in the past couple of months, necessitating an aggressive transfer approach that has already netted them one of the best signings of the winter window, 20-year-old center back sensation Abdukodir Khusanov of RC Lens. Manchester City are closing in on a signing that may not be as big of a bargain, but, in terms of overall impact, es...

Manchester City are being aggressive in the January 2025 transfer window out of necessity, as their collapse since the injury to Ballon d'Or winner Rodri has been so catastrophic that not even their biggest haters could have predicted such an abrupt demise from a team that was the most dominant in their league over the last five years - even above Bayern Munich in Germany. Pep Guardiola has stood shocked at the state of his squad, as a poor summer transfer window in which Manchester City made an aging and rapidly declining midfield even more inadequate with the addition of Ilkay Gundogan has come back around to bite them badly. There are issues all over the squad. Manchester City don't have a supplemental goal-scorer alongside Erling Haaland, their midfield is too old, and their defe...