Man City set a record for buying a player

Since this summer, Man City has broken up with 10 players who are no longer in the plan of Pep Guardiola and earn a record amount of $ 211 million. Nearly four -quarter of this money comes from three expensive deals - pushing striker Raheem Sterling to Chelsea for $ 57 million, striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Okeks Zinchenko to Arsenal for $ 55 and $ 39 million.

Man City, thanks to that, shocked the record of 202 million USD that Chelsea earned from selling players in the transfer period in 2017. Five years ago, "The Blues" also started to break up with many first team players like Asmir Begovic, Juan Cuadrado, Nathan Ake, Nemanja Matic or Diego Costa.

At the beginning of the year, Man City also pushed Ferran Torres to Barca for a fee of $ 67 million. In total, Man City grossed $278 million in 2022, going on to surpass Chelsea's performance five years ago to set a record for player sales in a calendar year in England.

But the cash flow to Man City from selling players has not stopped before the summer market closed on September 1. According to the newspaper of Sunsport, Samuel Edozie - 19 -year -old midfielder was valued at $ 12 million - currently in the sight of Leverkusen. Right -back Issa Kabore is being asked by many clubs, after Man City rejected Nottingham Forest's $ 10 million at the beginning of the summer.

In addition, Man City can earn $ 6 million, if Leeds sell right -back Jack Harrison to Newcastle. Last year, when pushing Harrison to Leeds under a three -year contract, Man City installed the terms that allowed them to enjoy a part of the player's next transfer. Similarly, Man City will receive an additional $ 4 million if Hellas Verona sells midfielder Ivan Ilic to Lazio.

In the opposite direction, Man City spent $ 117 million to recruit Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips. At the beginning of the year, Man City announced spending $ 21 million to break Julian Alvarez's contract, but for the Argentine striker to continue kicking River Plate on a loan until the end of the season 2021-2022.

The rest of the transfer period, Guardiola will focus on recruiting a left -back, with Marc Cucurella as the top target. The Spanish defender was contracted until the summer of 2026, and was priced at US $ 60 million by Brighton. Cucurella grew up from La Masia training furnace, and competed for Barca B in the Guardiola period working at the Camp Nou.

Admittedly feel strange when Man City earns a lot of money from selling players, but Guardiola is satisfied with the club's transfer. He also confirmed that there was no plan to sell pillars, but to Jesus, Zinchenko and Sterling to leave the aspirations of these players.

Man City only played two friendly matches in the pre-season period, when they defeated Club America 2-1 and Bayern 1-0 in the United States. On the evening of July 30, Guardiola's teachers and students will compete with Liverpool Super Cup with Liverpool at King Power, and then start the Premier League defense campaign by a trip to West Ham after a week.