Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City signings, season by season

He City of Manchester of Pep Guardiola This is already a legendary team. The ‘skyblue’ team crowned a dream season with their first Champions League in 143 years, the third in a Guardiola who became the first coach in history to win two Trebles -one FC Barcelona in 2008/09 and another City in the current one-.

Along the way, an investment of 1,241.9 million euros in transfers (according to data from ‘transfer mark‘) from 2016-17, Santpedor’s first campaign at the command of the ship ‘citizen’.

Stones and Gundogan, keys now

216.2 million euros were invested

holding hands Guardiola arrived at etihad stones (55.6 million euros), Leroy Sane (52), gabriel jesus (32), Gundogan (27), claudio bravo (18), Nolito (18) or Zinchenkosigned for only 2.25 ‘kilos’ and sold to Arsenal last summer for 35. The team finished third and fell in the Champions League round of 16 at the hands of Monaco of mbappe. The first campaign of Pep saidin white.

Some light and some shadow

317.5 million euros were invested

The sheikh doubled his bet the following summer, incorporating at the stroke of a checkbook report (65), Benjamin Mendy (57.5), Kyle Walker (52.7), Bernardo Silva (fifty), Ederson (40) or the former player of Real Madrid Danilo (30). A cost that brought the first two titles of the ‘Pep era’: the fifth League in the club’s history and the Carabao Cup, after defeating the Arsenal (0-3) of Arsene Wenger Eventually.

Mahrez and little else

78.6 million euros were invested

Mahreznew Premier champions with City of Leicester in 2016-17, he was the only signatory of the bells who performed city in the third campaign Guardiola managed the team, which won four trophies (Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Community Shield). For the Algerian they disbursed 67.8 million euros.

2019-20

Rodrigo and Cancelo, two great achievements

166.8 million euros were invested

Rodrigo (70) and Joao will cancel (65.5) came to support a squad whose main requirement is starting to be the Champions League, where those in light blue fell for the third consecutive season in the quarterfinals -Liverpool (17-18), Tottenham (18-19) and Olympique Lyon-. Despite being runner-up in the Premier, Guardiola He lifted his third consecutive Carabao Cup and his second Community Shield.

2020-21

Rúben Dias has been cheap

173.4 million euros were invested

Many raised their hands over their heads when the city paid more than 70 million euros for Ruben Dias, unknown to the general public. However, in his first year in England, the Portuguese central defender was named the best player in a Premier League that won again city. Ake (45,3) and Ferran Torres (33.5) also strengthened a team that reached, for the first time in its history, the finals of the Champions League. He Chelsea then deprived Guardiola of his second Triplet, as the one from Santpedor pocketed his fourth consecutive Carabao Cup.

2021-22

Oily, the most expensive of all

138.9 million euros were invested

Nothing more and at least 117.5 million euros worth Jack Grealishthe most expensive signing ever in English football until Chelsea paid 121 kilos Enzo. In the winter, he signed with JUlian Alvarez (21.4), who finished the season on loan at his home club, River Plate. It’s been a while City of Manchester closed by winning another Premier and falling in the semifinals of the Champions League against real Madrideventually champion in Paris.

2022-23

Haaland, the icing on the cake

150.5 million euros were invested

During his last six years in Manchester, Guardiola He suffered from a forward reference. A deficiency that was rectified last summer with the merger Erling Haaland advance payment of 60 million euros. Along with the Norwegian ‘cyborg’ they come Calvin Phillips (49), Akanji (17.5) Sergio Gomez (13), Stefan Ortega (Free and Perrone (11), the latter in January. All of them already hold a historic Triplet -Champions, Premier and FA Cup-.