THE LOWDOWN — THE FULL HISTORY
SILVA TO SILVA
Manchester City's era began in 2010 with David Silva. Sixteen years later it ended with Bernardo Silva, 460 games and 20 trophies, Pep's most-used player ever, leaving for free.
THE EXITS
One window took out a full starting XI: 1,644 appearances and 73 trophies. Rodri (298 games) went to Barcelona for £65m, Stones left free, and Savinho went for £75m, the biggest sale in City's history. Total out passed £340m.
THE KIDS
About £270m came in, almost all on young players: Anderson for £116m at 23, a British record, and Bouaddi for £86m at 18, the most expensive teenager in Premier League history. The average age went from 26.5 out to under 20 in.
THE HOLE
With Savinho and Marmoush gone, City had one senior left-winger left. A bid for Chelsea's Enzo was the open question: if it landed, net spend would be nearly zero.
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