A few bad months after years of dominance have clearly caused panic in the east of Manchester - evidence of this is the approximately 210 million euros that the "citizens" spent in January.
The winter transfer window "closed" last night, and the four-time consecutive English champions brought in a fourth reinforcement in the "minute to 12" - he arrived from Porto for 60 million euros. Nico Gonzalez.
Before him, Pep Guardiola brought and Omar Marmuš (Eintracht, 75 million), Abdukodira Husanova (Lens, about 40 million) i Viktora Reis (Palmeiras, about 35 million).
All of this means that City spent more on mid-season signings than all other Premier League teams combined, Reuters reported.
After a series of disastrous results this season, the "Citizens" are in fifth place in the English Championship table, which perhaps best explains why they were so active during the winter. Something unthinkable in previous years, since the last somewhat notable January signing of this club was Aymeric Laporte from 2018.
Interestingly - the two leading teams, Liverpool and Arsenal, did not bring in any reinforcements.
For anyone familiar with the Anfield club's transfer policy, this is no surprise, although the way the Reds are playing this season it is clear that they do not need reinforcements. On the other hand, it is obvious that the Gunners are lacking an attacking trump card, especially after injuries. Bukaja Sake i Gabriel Jesus, but Mikel Arteta has decided to continue his pursuit of Liverpool with the players he currently has.
Aston Villa had an interesting transfer window on the Island, selling Al-Nasr for around 77 million euros. of John Duran, and then strengthened the attack with Manchester United's not-so-recent big trump card, Marcus Rashford, also Marco Asensio who came from Paris Saint-Germain. They were joined in Birmingham by Doniel Mullen, including Acceleration Dization.
Tottenham fans can also be pleased, as their team is stronger for the brilliant young striker. Matisa Tela from Bayern, as well as for Kevin Dance, the Austrian national team's stopper.
Manchester United have given up on Rashford and Antonia (went to Betis), but brought in an interesting reinforcement - Patrick Dorgua from Lecce.
Transfer window star screams, Spaniards remain calm
The first star of the transfer window, however, did not make it to the Premier League, but ended up in the City of Light. Of course, he is one of the greatest masters of today's football, Shout out to Kvarachelia - The brilliant Georgian arrived in Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli for 70 million euros.
When it comes to Italy, the most active was Milan, who brought in Feyenoord for 32 million. Santiago Jimenez, while they arrived on loan Kyle Walker i Joao Felix.
Juventus is stronger for Muani's car (PSG), and the champion Inter for Nikola Zalevski.
The Spaniards were unexpectedly calm, especially Real and Barcelona, so the biggest transfer in the Pyrenees was the arrival of Akora Adamsa from Montpellier to Seville for 5,5 million euros.
The transfer window in Germany was marked by the departure of Marmuš, but also Xavi Simmons who, after a loan for 50 million euros, officially became only an RB Leipzig player.
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