Manchester City’s recent results and performances have left the football world confused and the club’s supporters yearning for change.
The Pep Guardiola manager is generally limited in the January movement window, but it was even very transparent for him that his Premier League champions will have to do anything and that the scenario is identified in all grades of the city organization .
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With links to several players in recent weeks, some poor performances from some beloved club legends, Guardiola signing a new contract to summer 2027 and director of football Txiki Begiristain ready to hand over the reins to Hugo Viana in the summer, it feels like City are ready for a new era.
So that generates the queryarray. What will of their current players players? Most of them were basic pillars in the most productive team in the history of the Premier League, and they are some of the most productive players that the festival has seen. But it is an aged team and more and more susceptible to injuries.
Interesting times lie ahead for City, so The Athletic has taken a look at the state of play in their current squad and how things might pan out in 2025.
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Presumably not a playing city would be pleased to see Go yet, however, given that he sought a new challenge outside England’s doorstep last summer after seven years at the Etihad, it would not be unexpected if his career or vice versa would waver in the coming months. Ederson was one of the maximum basic parts of the Guardiola era and not necessarily the one he would like to move in the call of a team refresher, specifically with several other senior players continuing. But in this case, it is perhaps the player’s own preference that makes the needle move.
Ortega signed a new contract last summer, when he was widely expected to be a first pick elsewhere. He has had a spell like Guardiola’s number 1 and can watch more if Ederson leaves. Presumably, he is, therefore, one of the maximum maximum players likely to remain.
The city’s third pick continues to point to one-year contracts and is evaluated for their wardrobe contributions above the rest, as their last appearance came here just under 3 years ago, it would be wonderful to have new looks in such a team as long as the two parties are satisfied to continue.
It turns out that his career in the city is coming to an end, given his difficulties in the box this season, as well as links with clubs in Saudi Arabia and with a return to the Premier League for 2025-26). Being 35 years old at the start of this season, so it all adds up to a replacement at the right rear for the city coming in there. There is another, like Ederson, who was a key detail in the city’s good fortune under Guardiola.
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Has struggled, like everybody else, this season but is surely a part of City’s future, especially as Guardiola is a major fan, as well as his status as a top graduate from their academy. Lewis is useful in several positions and it would make complete sense for him to be at the club next season — as long as he wants to be, which is presumably the case.
At this stage, it is almost redundant to recognize express decelerations in functionality titles because almost all affected them, and that has been the case of Akanji, who, to be alone towards him, plays with physical disorders since November. It is flexible and, since its day, very solid. In fact, the city is in no hurry to move it.
This can be a more complicated conversation. Since his day, Stones has been the most productive backup center in town, an outdated and fashionable libero and perhaps even the most productive backup center in the country. The season and his injuries have struggled ever since, and before, it may mean that if the city has a transparent or just leave room for a new face – the one who likes French club defender Abdukodir Khusanov – then stones may be the only one to make.
It would be a sour tablet to swallow for city enthusiasts because it is incredibly popular and has sometimes shunned away from the unfortunately this season due to more fitness issues, however, it may be the ones that do, if one of their 4 central defenders needed to be moved. His existing deal expires in 18 months, although in the past he entered the final year of his contract and has received a new thank you for a brilliant season.
There has been rumors that City is charged in the days, but that is specific since it was one of its most productive players this season, and was an apparent long -term captain since it joined 4 years ago. Dias has also succumbed to injuries this season, largely due to having to play too much, however, the physical form is not a challenge for him and one might think that he has a lot of time in its appearance in Etihad, specifically with others Online defenders to move forward.
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You can argue that your physical aptitude problems can put it in a difficult position, like stones, although Guardiola has been disappointed by the absences of English over the years, which has never left public in AKE. When available, the foreigner of the Netherlands is an ultra reliable defender and, again, not an apparent candidate to move on to a moment of uncertainty in other parts of the team.
Gvardiol has struggled recently but he’s been at the club less than 18 months and is clearly top-class. He is surely a cornerstone of future City sides.
Kovacic is not the right type to update Rodri’s long -term absent and has discovered the role of staying difficult, a task was also more complicated through the ease with which the groups play through the players in positions in front of He, but is and Will and Will be a very forged player in a more established midfield, that is, one with Rodri (or some other specialized initiator).
Real Madrid had sniffed before the knee injury at the end of September, then rained its ballon d’Or the next month, which can obstruct all the hopes that have to point it out in the future. The city’s disorders this season are much deeper than the absence of Spanish, however, it is very correct to say that its importance for the team has been even more prominent while threw. His agreement expires in two years, hence Madrid’s interest, and the city deserves to move mountains to maintain it.
Galatasaray officials talked about the option of pointing it out in summer, referring to the fact that they would have liked to point it out in this window, however, they were told that it will not happen. Guondogan pointed out a one -year contract with an option for another 12 months when he received the city of Barcelona in summer, and at this rate, it turns out that this moment of the year is too far.
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He has genuine ambitions to sign up for Guardiola’s staff sometime near the future, so all gifts from Galatasaray or elsewhere would conceivably have to be borne in opposition to retirement and coaching without delay, unless he can have the more productive of the Two Worlds through advancement (again) and return (again) to a later date. It would be a misfortune in the existing circumstances; Memories of his hires beyond won’t be tarnished through the existing numbers, but so far, this season turns out to be an unhappy unhappy chapter.
Like Gundogan, De Bruyne is the club legend who looks ready for a summer outing. Schools have delayed him this season and his performances have slowed at times, which is a similar story to 2023-24. and he will most likely return in the next six months, but it would possibly be that his glittering career in the city is coming to an end, given that his contract expires in the summer (just after 34), with a move to MLS in that window still an option (see below).
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Foden does not have its most productive season, but it is another city that builds its next team. Its existing agreement expires in two years, so more discussions about a renovation are expected in the coming months.
Just when it looked like Nunes’ season at City can resume, with promising performances on the left wing in November and hopefully he can play in midfield given his rivals’ struggles for a place there, he hasn’t turned up, due to injury, as a destroyed display of mistakes in the Manchester Derby last month. There will be opportunities to make an effect in the coming weeks, and either side wants them to serve as if they wear out and replace, another player in the summer may not be a simple task.
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Phillips is unlikely to appear in the city’s attempts to rebuild the team after failing to convince Guardiola his first 18 months at the club. He was in a position at West Ham last January, then was taken via Ipswich in the summer and, either permanently or through some other loan, his long career is far from Etihad.
In fact, Bernardo has not shown its most productive form this season, but losing at the same time as Gundan, Bruyne and Walker, if everyone happens in the summer, it would be a massive brain leak as much as anything else. In addition, with only 30 years, it is not at the same level of his career as those 3 and he probably has much more to offer the city at happier times. That said, Bernardo himself has been anxious to move in each of the last 3 years, so it can be a scenario that will have to be sent, even if it would be a great figure to link the old generation with the new.
One of the really puzzling elements of the past couple of months is why McAtee has not played more, not just because of poor performances from City’s other midfielders but because he has Premier League experience under his belt. He did well coming off the bench against Leicester just after Christmas but had to make do with 10 minutes at the end of the victory over West Ham last weekend, a game where Gundogan and Walker were brought on at 4-0 up, 20 minutes earlier. Guardiola has praised McAtee’s attitude in the circumstances but it would be no surprise if he wanted to show what he can do elsewhere if the situation does not evolve quickly.
Doku has common fitness issues that save him from getting a steady run in the look, but, as a recent arrival and at just 22 years old, not to mention the promise he gives from the wing, he’s probably one of the players to lead Front City.
Savinho was only signed in the summer and, Guardiola, naturally says that there is much to improve, he has shown flashes, namely what he can offer. Continuously, his first season saw him in a team that plays at his best, the Brazilian, the Brazilian can be forgiven by any fight and will be another that waits for the torch in the coming years.
The word of its signage of a new contract has groaned for approximately 18 months and, since its existing agreement is exhausted in two years, there will be a bit hurried to end the city. Haaland could not celebrate the fierce objectives of his first season, however, even in a quite discreet 2023-24 and one with many difficulties this time, he surpasses everyone. There has been the concern that Real Madrid seeks to point out, however, European champions in existence seem more likely to strengthen the other spaces of their team.
Bobb can climb a spark to the team when he returns from an injury next month, after breaking an ankle in the preseason. The Norwegian had been the prominent player of the city on that American excursion and was ready to play a main role for Guardiola in the right wing. He signed a new agreement last February that helps keep it in the city for another 4 years.
Guardiola comments the weekend, in which he obviously indicated that Grenish was not considered as in a position to compete, not to mention the game as well as possible, he released his long career in the city. He had problems last season and had to make it stronger, but that didn’t happen. With two years to play in your agreement, it is generally time to renew situations or move on, and for the moment, it is difficult to defend a new contract, or even another season to see if you can come back to your best moment.
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