Manchester City won’t end the 2026 summer transfer window just by spending more than a quarter of a billion dollars on Ayyoub Bouaddi and another premium, perhaps even club record-breaking, central midfielder. Wingers are on the radar, too.
City’s mega sales, which include cashing in on Tiijani Reijnders, Rodri, Savinho, Omar Marmoush and James Trafford, have funded the midfield rebuild to the point of just a negligible net spend this window, should $164 million-rated Enzo Fernández be the third midfield recruit. It would even be a net profit, should the third midfielder prove to be Alexis Mac Allister, Adam Wharton or Alex Scott.
