Manchester City has intensified its summer transfer activity by completing four key signatures before the FIFA Club World Cup campaign. Squad Pep Guardiola was strengthened by adding Tijani Reijnders, Rayan At-Snari, Marcus Bettinelli and Rayan Cherki-Moly, which were completed in time to register the World Championship.
Reijnders comes from AC Milan, At-Snari of Wolves, Cherki of Olympique Lyon and Bettinelli of Chelsea, with total transfer expenditure incurred at 127 million. These signatures come to the highly profiled Kevin de Bruyne departure to Napoli for free transfer, which made the city act quickly when strengthening their center and the overall depth of the team.
After the turbulent Premier League campaign – widely considered one of the most demanding periods of the Guardiol in the helm – it focuses on a strong return. When the World Championship in the club starts on June 15 in the United States, new recruits will be central to the pressure of the city on global silver.
Meanwhile, they challenge the futures of key players such as Ederson, Stefan Ortega, Nathan Ake and John Stones, who were all subject to transmission speculation. Guardiola is also likely to assess the long -term structure of its center of the field, with aging examples such as Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva is approaching the twilight of his career, and Mateo Kovacic is still fighting injuries.
Despite the arrival of Nico Gonzlez in the middle of the season for 50 million, the city center often looked briefly on the stamina and the physical edge of the keys that were incredibly missing during the campaign. This vulnerability proved to be expensive, because it contributed to the fact that the club completed the season without the main title for the first time in eight years. With new signatures on the spot, the Guardiola eagerly restores the balance and energy to the core of its team, and ensure that the slip last season remains an exception, not a trend.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
June 11, 2025
