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Alex Brotherton

Kyle Walker's new Man City role means he's now one of Pep Guardiola's most important players

Manchester City are having their busiest transfer window since 2017, a summer when a number of key players joined the club and deadwood was shipped out.

Bernardo Silva arrived from Monaco and after taking a season to settle in, became one of City's - and the Premier League's - best attackers. Ederson was also brought in, a goalkeeper who enabled Pep Guardiola's side to build attacks from the back in a way never seen in this country before.

However, perhaps the most important, and arguably underrated, signing of 2017/18 was Kyle Walker. Signed for an initial fee of £45m rising to £50m with add-ons, there was at the time some skepticism of the decision to spend so much money on a full-back who, in many people's eyes, was fast and not much else.

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