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Manchester City footballer has paid at least part of a billion euros to strengthen his senior team’s defence since 2016, at the time of Spanish manager Pep Guardiola.
Owned by the City Football Group (CFG), Manchester City has spent 509. 1 million euros ($596. 4 million) to recruit 11 players, adding defenders and two goalkeepers over the past 4 years.
Manchester City was sold to investors in the United Arab Emirates in 2008. Abu Dhabi United Group has introduced a mission to make the team one of the most productive football clubs in Europe and the world.
CFG was founded in 2014 when Abu Dhabi United Group held the majority of the shares.
The organization is funded by Emirati tycoons Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, known as “Sheikh Mansour”, and businessman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who runs clubs in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Uruguay, India, Spain and Belgium.
The holding company’s flagship is Manchester City.
The team grew economically after the inauguration of the United Arab Emirates and is a giant of European football.
The club paid millions of euros to point to Benfica’s Days
Man City, led through Guardiola, hesitates to pay huge sums of cash by advocates and goalkeepers.
This week he recruited Portuguese central defender Ruben Dias, 23, from Portuguese Benfica.
The English club paid Benfica 68 million euros ($79. 6 million) in transfer fees, according to German Statistics Transfermarkt.
In 2019, the club acquired Portuguese right-back Joao Cancelo from Italian power Juventus for millions of euros ($76. 1 million).
Manchester City have their defence with French central defender Aymeric Laporte in 2018, paying Athletic Bilbao of Spain for 65 million euros.
Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes, one of the sensational transfers when he became City’s player in 2017, Manchester City paid 40 million euros ($46. 8 million) to sign Ederson from Benfica.
Manchester City reigns in England in Guardiola
In Guardiola’s time, the club ruled England, winning back-to-back Premier League titles in 2018 and 2019.
In addition, Manchester City the 2019 FA Cup and the English League Cup (EFL) in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The club has reigned in English competitions for more than 4 years, but has not yet won the main ECU title, the UEFA Champions League.
Man City’s most productive result in the Champions League, the semi-finals of 2015-16 with Chilean technician Manuel Pellegrini.
He Guardiola after Pellegrini’s march in the summer of 2016.
In their first season, the team pulled out of the Champions League in the 16-year-old circular.
He then reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2018, 2019 and 2020, with the quarter-finals being a custom of the club.
Guardiola’s signing for Man City’s defense:
Player
position
Season
Signed
Transfer (millions)
Ruben Dias
Rear center
2020-21
Benfica (Portugal)
68
Joao Cancelo
Back
2019-20
Juventus (Italy)
sixty five
Aymeric Laporte
Rear center
2017-18
Athletic bilbao (Spain)
sixty five
Benjamin Mendy
Leaving behind
2017-18
Monaco (France)
57,5
John Stones
Rear center
2016-17
Everton (England)
55,6
Kyle Walker
Back
2017-18
Tottenham (England)
52,7
Nathan Ake
Rear center
2020-21
Bournemouth (England)
45,3
Ederson
Goalkeeper
2017-18
Benfica (Portugal)
40
Danilo
Back
2017-18
Real Madrid (Spain)
30
Claudio Bravo
Goalkeeper
2016-17
Barcelona, Spain)
18
Angelino
Leaving behind
2019-20
PSV (Netherlands)
12
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