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Manchester Evening News
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Joe Bray

Why Man City sold Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko

Pep Guardiola is excited to work with his three new players for Manchester City as he gave a positive assessment on their summer transfer business that has seen three key players leave.

Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Kalvin Phillips and Stefan Ortega have replaced Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling, Oleks Zinchenko and Fernandinho, while Zack Steffen has left on loan and a number of academy players have departed permanently or on loan.

It's been an unusually busy summer for City in the transfer market, and there is some risk in allowing the three key outfield players to depart, but Guardiola was positive when reviewing the club's business so far, explaining why Sterling, Jesus and Zinchenko left for a combined £122m.

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