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One thing worth understanding about Manchester City's approach this summer is that the objective is not simply to replace outgoing players.
The objective is to leave Enzo Maresca with a stronger squad than the one Pep Guardiola leaves behind.
The club's target is a senior group of 18-19 interchangeable elite outfield players, supported by three goalkeepers and supplemented by the academy prospects judged ready to contribute immediately.
The focus is on building a squad where the difference between the strongest XI and the second XI is as small as possible.
Recruitment work has therefore centred around four key positions:
• Central Midfield
• Right Wing
• Right Back
• Centre Forward
This is not a summer being driven by opportunity in the market.
It is being driven by a clearly defined squad-building strategy.
The aim is to create a younger, deeper and more flexible group capable of competing across every competition while maintaining the standards that have defined the club over the last decade.
Viewed through that lens, many of City's decisions over the coming weeks will make considerably more sense.
It is likely after a large amount of pressure from Enzo Maresca, that the Enzo Fernandez transfer will happen. Reservations from Manchester City’s board led to the deal being slow. The preference of the board was Alex Scott or Adam Wharton.
Endrick was the La Liga target but Real Madrid did not play ball.
When the window closes we will explain the how the tides were affected by the prevailing winds.
Just don’t forget we started this summer with clarity. Bouaddi, Anderson, and renewals. No Neto no Mbaye no Camavinga etc.
There isn’t anyone outside the C Suite at Manchester City’s CFA who is aware of the current situation regarding transfer negotiations. As we explained weeks ago, the club are moving in the shadows. Next week things will become clearer. Expect four new signings all of whom will be capable of stepping into the first XI immediately.
Whilst people have been selling Enzo Fernandez magic beans, the real target is quietly being worked on. Most of you are now aware of who it is. Just remember the disrespect that was put on our name when we first alluded to it.
Nico Gonzalez to Newcastle is a decision for him. Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle for his departure.
Omar Marmoush expects to be a Spurs player by the end of next week.
You really brought a knife to a gunfight and now you’re wielding it like a saber. Tragic scenes for the timeline you rely on for food.
Never bring a knife to a gunfight (metaphorically speaking). There are too many Twitter fingers out here typing checks their careers have no way of cashing.
Hush now my child. “Piggybacking” is the stock in trade for anyone who works in your industry. Did you ask David before you replied to me? I’m not sure you’re allowed to have such freedom when you’re owned by a master.
Unfortunately for you Samuel, you’ve never been anywhere near our seats at the Etihad. We could be sitting next to you and you would be non the wiser.
It is wise that you don’t speculate because you will be putting people who have no part in this trivial little ego
war of yours in the tiny little crosshairs of your water gun.
Allan is not the only South American based forward Manchester City are considering. There is an under 21 player based in Argentina they are incredibly seduced by as well. The second player has less first team experience than Allan but his ceiling is much higher. We are not yet sure which player they will choose to move for.
We’re posting from the afterlife which is why we seemingly know things you won’t know until after they’ve happened.
You chose the wrong group of people to come for Samuel.
Manchester City plans to add AT LEAST four high-value players between now and the end of the transfer window. Savinho and Marmoush are expected to join Rodri and Reijnders in leaving the club.
As we've previously highlighted, the club's plans for the window have not deviated. The strategy remains in place, even if the pace at which it has unfolded has not been optimal. Much of that has come down to Rodri's behaviour and the uncertainty he created.
There is a forward player in La Liga, a forward player in the Premier League, and a forward player in South America, all in the frame for the last two weeks of the window. Two of them will be signed. Ibrahim Mbaye won't be signed.
Midfield reinforcement remains in the same place it was a week ago. Ayyoub Bouaddi will be a Manchester City player this summer. While all the noise is around Enzo Fernandez, that deal remains the least likely, and the one the club has the least interest in completing.
As reported by the well-sourced Jack Gaughan, Manu Kone is an option if Nico Gonzalez leaves, but he is not considered a priority. There remain at least two Premier League based midfielders who Manchester City would like to prioritise.
The smoke and mirrors we warned about when we first started this account have been in full effect in recent days. The rush to "report" certain aspects of the window has led to a real lack of critical thinking, which we would normally expect from people who are paid to think critically. That's why you are seeing so much conjecture.
Rest assured, Manchester City supporters. Whilst the transfer window feels unorthodox, there's always method behind the moves made by Khaldoon Al Mubarak and his executive team. Things will look very different in two weeks' time.
A reminder for those who think we’ll engage in their insecurities 👇🏽
We would like to point out we do not engage with accounts who try to discredit or disrespect the work of Manchester City’s executive team.
From Khaldoon Al Mubarak down the club’s operations at every level are the best in class. It seems many people who have probably never bought a house before, think they can tell the club’s executive team how to execute a recruitment strategy that comes with a budget of up to half a billion euros.
Our “For You” tab is an army of people talking about our account. Everything will reveal itself over time, just remember that we aren’t selling you anything. We’re not asking you for money. We’re not promoting betting companies. We’re not selling clicks to a media platform openly hostile towards Manchester City. Good faith will always prevail over bad intentions. Choose your partners wisely, because the wrong ones will leave you covered in a stench you can’t remove.
The external narratives shaped and formed by media outlets and subsequently parroted by people online do not fit the internal machinations at Manchester City.
Be under no illusions, Khaldoon Al Mubarak is not a man prone to knee jerk reactions. He is a man who plans in advance, then ruthlessly executes those plans. Doubting him is a fool’s errand.
Manchester City have swiftly rejected Barcelona’s third bid for Rodri. The price remains the price.
For those asking about our earlier position in not naming a price: the reality is both the player and his agent have created a bad smell and Manchester City would rather clean house than allow a bad smell to linger. But it will be on their terms.
The player also finally showed the courage to express his desires to Enzo Maresca yesterday. Any sale of Rodri will send Manchester City back into the market for a midfielder.
Barcelona returned today and met Manchester City’s asking price.
The club were dealing with a player who refused to travel with the team to the Community Shield despite the manager asking him to yesterday. At that point his agent was informed that the asking price needed to be met before the weekend was over.
This transfer window is not over for Manchester City. There are still many moving parts, many targets, and much work to be done. The work of Hugo Viana and the executive team can only be judged once the window closes.
They all remain calm, confident, and strategic in all their decision making. They remain unaffected by the noise which is generated by a combination of desperate agents and the mass transfer media complex.