Manchester City might well have the best group of midfielders in world football, but for a club at City's level is always pays to have an eye on the future.
Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan were all in typically excellent form in City's thumping 6-3 defeat of Manchester United in the derby on Sunday, but in the next year or so at least one of them could leave.
Gundogan is now in the final year of his contract, and so far there haven't been any serious discussions between the 32-year-old and the club about extending his stay. Meanwhile, talks will be held with Bernardo Silva over the coming months, with the Portugal international understood to still be keen on a move to the Iberian Peninsula.
