City ready to spend over 300 million to make Rodri's departure less painful

Manchester City is at a turning point and the challenge is no longer just to overcome Pep Guardiola's departure, but also to find a way to "forget" his extended hand on the pitch.

Rodri, a former Ballon d'Or winner, is Barcelona's new midfielder, all that's waiting is a signature - and this transfer raises many questions at the Etihad, it's no less unusual than the departure of the Catalan coaching legend.

And what are the next steps?

It seems that the "citizens" still don't have the clearest plan, because before there was even any talk of Rodri's departure, they brought in Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest for over 100 million euros, and now they are well on their way to spending almost another 200 million to put together a midfield to manager Enzo Maresca's liking.

Compared to last season, Bernardo Silva is gone, Tidjani Reynders is leaving, and City is doing everything they can to bring in Moroccan Ayoub Bouadi and Enzo Fernandes by the end of the transfer window.

Mareska believes that with the two of them and Anderson, he would get enough to make fans forget about Rodri...

The transfer of Bouadi is realistic, he is expected to arrive from Lille for around 100 million euros, but with Enco everything is still unknown.

Fernandes publicly stated at the beginning of the year that he would like to live in Madrid and offered himself to Real Madrid, and during and after the World Cup he became a hated figure on the Island because of the way he celebrated the victory over England in the semi-finals.

And as things stand, he will remain in the Premier League, either in the jersey of Chelsea or City, which is reportedly willing to pay over 120 million for the former Benfica midfielder.