Manchester City haven't had the need to shop in the bargain bucket in recent years but they recently proved they're not averse to a good deal when they can find one.
City didn't go into the summer planning to buy a centre-back and appeared to have little intention of doing so with a week remaining of the window. Yet, after being given a warning on how light they could be when John Stones and Nathan Ake briefly joined Aymeric Laporte on the sidelines, they moved to bring in some reinforcements.
In what could well be the bargain of the summer (other than Erling Haaland, of course) the Blues added Manuel Akanji to Pep Guardiola's squad for a mere £15million. Just three games in and the centre-back has seamlessly fitted into the side and looks to be very smart piece of recruitment.
