City have completed one of the most extraordinary transfer windows in Premier League history, with Enzo Maresca handed a dramatically reshaped squad for his first season at the Etihad Stadium.
More than £450m was spent as the club moved decisively into the post-Pep Guardiola era, with Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson and Ayyoub Bouaddi alone accounting for well over £300m.
Iliman Ndiaye also arrived from Everton on Deadline Day, while Allan, Jeremy Monga and several younger players formed part of an extensive recruitment drive.
But this wasn’t simply a spending spree.
City also generated huge sums from departures as Rodri, Savinho, Tijjani Reijnders, Nico González, Nathan Aké and others moved on, while Bernardo Silva and John Stones left following the expiry of their contracts.
The result is a younger and significantly different squad from the one Guardiola left behind.
Last updated: 2 September 2026 – City’s summer transfer window is now closed. This page is the definitive record of the club’s confirmed arrivals and departures.
Man City summer transfers at a glance
| Player | From | Deal |
|---|---|---|
| Enzo Fernández | Chelsea | £125m |
| Elliot Anderson | Nottingham Forest | £116m |
| Ayyoub Bouaddi | Lille | £86m |
| Iliman Ndiaye | Everton | £60m + £5m add-ons |
| Allan | Palmeiras | Permanent |
| Jeremy Monga | Leicester City | £10m |
| Mathys Detourbet | Troyes | £21.4m |
| Pierce Charles | Sheffield Wednesday | £3m |
| Gerónimo Rulli | Marseille | Permanent |
Every major Man City signing
Enzo Fernández – Chelsea
City saved the biggest deal of their summer until last.
Fernández completed a £125m move from Chelsea on Deadline Day, equalling the British transfer record.
The Argentina international signed a five-year contract and was reunited with Maresca, having previously played under the Italian at Stamford Bridge.
Fernández gives City an established, technically outstanding midfielder who should be capable of making an immediate impact.
After so much change in midfield, his experience could be just as important as his ability.
Elliot Anderson – Nottingham Forest
The first truly enormous statement of the Maresca era.
City paid Nottingham Forest £116m for the England midfielder, making Anderson the club’s record signing at the time.
That record lasted only a matter of weeks.
Still only 23, Anderson arrives with considerable Premier League experience and should be a central figure in City’s midfield for years to come.
Ayyoub Bouaddi – Lille
Another major investment in City’s new midfield.
Bouaddi joined from Lille for around £86m after emerging as one of Europe’s most highly-rated young midfielders.
At just 18, he represents a very different type of signing from Fernández, but the size of City’s investment demonstrates how highly the club rate him.
Iliman Ndiaye – Everton
City paid Everton an initial £60m, potentially rising to £65m, for Ndiaye on Deadline Day.
The Senegal international had established himself as one of Everton’s most influential attacking players and gives Maresca another versatile option across the forward line.
His arrival became particularly important following the departures of Savinho and Omar Marmoush.
Allan – Palmeiras
Another exciting attacking addition.
The Brazilian youngster arrived from Palmeiras as City continued their policy of identifying elite young talent before their value potentially increases considerably.
Allan adds another option in the wide areas following substantial changes to Maresca’s attacking group.
Jeremy Monga – Leicester City
City invested around £10m in one of English football’s most exciting teenagers.
Monga had already accumulated significant senior experience with Leicester despite being only 17 and his arrival represents another investment with the longer term firmly in mind.
Mathys Detourbet – Troyes
Detourbet joined from Troyes for a reported £21.4m.
Another young attacking player with significant potential, his arrival further demonstrated City’s determination to refresh the age profile of the squad.
Pierce Charles – Sheffield Wednesday
City signed Northern Ireland international goalkeeper Pierce Charles from Sheffield Wednesday for around £3m.
The 21-year-old was subsequently sent out on loan as part of his continued development.
Gerónimo Rulli – Marseille
The experienced Argentina goalkeeper arrived from Marseille to provide additional competition and experience within City’s goalkeeping group.
At the opposite end of the age spectrum from several of City’s other additions, Rulli provides Maresca with a proven senior option.
A summer of major departures
The arrivals tell only half the story.
City also moved on a remarkable number of established first-team players as Hugo Viana and Maresca accelerated the transition away from Guardiola’s squad.
| Player | Destination | Deal |
|---|---|---|
| Rodri | Barcelona | Permanent |
| Savinho | Tottenham | Permanent |
| Nico González | Newcastle United | Permanent |
| Tijjani Reijnders | — | Permanent |
| Nathan Aké | — | Permanent |
| Manuel Akanji | — | Permanent |
| James Trafford | — | Permanent |
| Omar Marmoush | Tottenham | Loan with obligation to buy |
| Jack Grealish | Everton | Season-long loan |
| Bernardo Silva | — | Contract expired |
| John Stones | — | Contract expired |
Rodri – Barcelona
Perhaps the most significant departure of all.
Rodri left City for Barcelona after an extraordinary period at the Etihad, ending his association with the club and removing one of the defining players of the Guardiola era.
City’s Champions League trip to Barcelona later this season will now provide an early reunion.
His departure also explains much of the extraordinary investment made in central midfield.
Savinho and Omar Marmoush – Tottenham
Tottenham raided City twice during the summer.
Savinho completed a permanent move to Spurs, while Marmoush joined on loan in a deal containing an obligation to buy.
Their departures created space in City’s attacking group, with Ndiaye and Allan among those brought in as part of the refresh.
Nico González – Newcastle United
González joined Newcastle late in the window after being told he could leave City.
His departure came amid the huge overhaul of City’s midfield, with Anderson, Bouaddi and Fernández all arriving during the summer.
Jack Grealish – Everton
Grealish returned to Everton on another season-long loan on Deadline Day.
His first spell at Hill Dickinson Stadium had been cut short by injury, but both the player and Everton were keen on a reunion.
With Grealish no longer central to City’s plans, another loan suited all parties.
The end of an era
Some departures carried considerably more emotional weight than others.
Bernardo Silva and John Stones both left following the expiry of their contracts after playing major roles in the most successful period in City’s history.
Rodri also moved on, while several other players closely associated with Guardiola’s later squads departed.
Taken together, the changes make this feel like much more than an ordinary summer transfer window.
This was the point at which City properly moved into their next era.
City also invested in the future
Not every signing was made with Maresca’s immediate starting XI in mind.
Charles was among those sent out on loan, while several academy players and emerging talents also left temporarily in search of regular football.
Divine Mukasa joined West Ham on loan, while Max Alleyne, Christian McFarlane, Stephen Mfuni, Sverre Nypan, Oliver Whatmuff, Jaden Heskey and Charlie Gray were among the young players sent elsewhere for development.
That is an important part of City’s wider recruitment strategy.
The club haven’t simply rebuilt Maresca’s first team. They have continued accumulating and developing younger players who could either become part of City’s squad or generate value in future windows.
More than £450m spent – but huge money came back
The raw spending figure is remarkable.
City’s expenditure exceeded £450m, making this one of the biggest single-window outlays ever seen in English football.
But context is important.
City also recouped around £280m from player sales, according to Reuters, with other calculations putting the figure higher depending on how deals and future obligations are counted.
So this wasn’t simply £450m of players being added to Guardiola’s old squad.
It was an enormous churn.
Some hugely valuable players left, and City reinvested the proceeds into a younger group built specifically for Maresca.
And nowhere is that clearer than midfield.
Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Reijnders and González have gone.
Anderson, Bouaddi and Fernández have arrived.
That is a rebuild in the truest sense.
So, was City’s transfer window a success?
On paper, absolutely.
There are risks attached to changing this much, this quickly.
Maresca now has to integrate a huge number of new players while simultaneously replacing some enormous personalities and vast amounts of experience.
Replacing Rodri is particularly difficult. So is losing figures such as Bernardo and Stones from the dressing room.
But City identified the need for change and acted decisively.
Anderson gives them Premier League-proven quality and energy.
Bouaddi is one of Europe’s outstanding young midfield prospects.
Fernández arrives as an established World Cup winner and one of the leading midfielders in the Premier League.
Ndiaye gives Maresca another proven attacking option, while Allan and Monga add youth and unpredictability.
Most importantly, the squad now looks like Maresca’s.
City haven’t tinkered around the edges of the Guardiola team.
They have ripped significant parts of it up and started again.
More than £450m has been spent and the expectations accompanying that investment will be enormous.
Maresca cannot complain about a lack of backing.
Whether all of these pieces fit together immediately remains to be seen.
But after one of the most ambitious transfer windows English football has witnessed, City have given their new manager an extraordinary collection of talent.
Now he has to turn it into a team.
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