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Alex Brotherton

Man City have playmaker priority amid contract talks with Riyad Mahrez's future up for grabs

With the January transfer window about to shut and the announcement of the signing of Julian Alvarez imminent, Manchester City can start looking ahead to the summer window.

Pep Guardiola's side find themselves in an unusual situation, in that four key first-team players have 18 months remaining on their contracts.

Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus are the players in question, meaning that City's most important business over the next few months and beyond will be deciding what to do with them.

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