Manchester City transfer review: Iheanacho,Toure survive Pep’s axe

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After a busy summer transfer window at Manchester City where there were major arrivals as well as shocking exits, Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure who before the shake up at the Etihad were considered prospective casualties.
Pep Guardiola’s first major headache at the Etihad after taking up the coaching reins at Manchester City was making additions and subtractions to his playing staff -his biggest decision would be sending out the club’s former number 1 Joe Hart on loan.
In the just concluded summer transfer window, the Manchester City boss brought in nine players for a combined fee of £147.1m.
Noteable names like Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund, John Stones from Everton and Claudio Bravo from Barcelona all found their way to the Etihad while some of the Citizens’ long-serving players like Joe Hart, Martin Demichelis and Samir Nasri were shown the exit door after being found suplus to requirements.
Arrivals list
Ilkay Gundogan – Borussia Dortmund, £21m
Nolito, Celta Vigo, £13.8m
Oleksandr Zinchenko – FK Ufa, undisclosed
Aaron Mooy – Melbourne City, free
Leroy Sane, Schalke, £37m
Gabriel Jesus – Palmeiras, £27m
Marlos Moreno – Atletico Nacional, £4.75m
John Stones – Everton, £47.5m
Claudio Bravo – Barcelona, £17.1m
Exits list
Seko Fofana – Udinese, £3.8m
Florian Lejeune – Eibar, £1.2m
Martin Demichelis – Espanyol, free
Richard Wright – retired
Jack Byrne – Blackburn, loan
Luke Brattan – Melbourne City, loan
Anthony Caceres – Melbourne City, loan
Aaron Mooy – Huddersfield, loan
Marlos Moreno – Deportivo, loan
George Glendon – Fleetwood, loan
Oleksandr Zinchenko – PSV, loan
Kean Bryan – Bury, loan
Eliaquim Mangala – Valencia, loan
Jason Denayer – Sunderland, loan
Samir Nasri – Sevilla, loan
Joe Hart – Torino, loan
Wilfried Bony – Stoke, loan

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