Manchester Metropolis have from Crystal Palace in a £20m transfer, with the England centre-back set to change into the twenty fifth defender to signal for the membership since Pep Guardiola arrived in July 2016.
In response to Transfermarkt, the switch will take Metropolis’s complete spending on defenders to £1.379 billion since Guardiola’s appointment.
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Metropolis have additionally signed essentially the most defenders of the normal ‘prime six’ golf equipment in that interval, with Liverpool finishing everlasting offers for 10 defenders, Arsenal 19, Chelsea 20, Manchester United 15 and Spurs 17.
It’s a technique that has paid off for Guardiola, with Metropolis successful six Premier League titles, a Champions League, two FA Cups, 4 EFL Cups and the Membership World Cup in his nine-and-a-half years in cost.
Six defensive transfers didn’t make an look, however Yan Couto, Pedro Porro and former Arsenal centre-back Pablo Mari had been all bought for revenue.
Metropolis had seemed to usher in Guehi, 25, following accidents to Ruben Dias, John Stones and Josko Gvardiol – with the latter
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The accidents left Guardiola with Abdulkodir Khusanov, Nathan Ake and Max Alleyne as his three central defensive choices forward of a packed schedule of Premier League, Champions League and home cup fixtures.
Listed here are among the defenders Guardiola has dropped at the Etihad…
Josko Gvardiol
Gvardiol signed in a £77m deal from RB Leipzig and has received one Premier League title [Getty Images]
Switch price: £77m Premier League video games: 81 Premier League objectives: 11 Clear sheets: 25 Trophies: 4
The Croatian defender is Guardiola’s second-most costly signing after Jack Grealish, and joined the membership the season after Metropolis received an historic Treble.
Equally adept at enjoying at each left-back and centre-back, the 23-year-old has change into an integral member of Metropolis’s facet, and solely missed one recreation within the Premier League final marketing campaign.
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Gvardiol has proven an eye fixed for purpose, notably scoring 5 instances in seven video games within the 2023-24 season, however is ready to be out “for a very long time” after breaking his shinbone in January.
Ruben Dias
Switch price: £65m Premier League video games: 164 Premier League objectives: 5 Clear sheets: 63 Trophies: 10
The Portugal worldwide was signed from Benfica by Guardiola in the summertime of 2020 and quickly improved a defence that had not recovered since dropping membership captain Vincent Kompany.
Dias received the Premier League Participant of the 12 months award after main Metropolis to the title in his debut season, solely conceding 32 objectives in complete within the league that marketing campaign.
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The 28-year-old added the Champions League to his record of honours in 2023, beginning in defence as Metropolis beat Inter Milan to earn their second European trophy.
John Stones
Solely seven gamers have performed extra video games for Pep Guardiola at Metropolis than John Stones since becoming a member of the membership in 2016 [Getty Images]
Switch price: £47.5m Premier League video games: 178 Premier League objectives: 10 Clear sheets: 54 Trophies: 15
The England centre-back has been a mainstay of Manchester Metropolis’s defence since Guardiola made him the world’s second-most costly defender when he was signed in 2016 from Everton.
The 31-year-old has struggled with accidents lately, however performed a key position in Metropolis’s Champions League triumph.
Stones is Metropolis’s longest-serving participant, however may reportedly depart this summer time when his contract expires.
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Kyle Walker
Switch price: £45m Premier League video games: 212 Premier League objectives: 3 Clear sheets: 72 Trophies: 17 Offered to: Burnley (£5m)
The England right-back moved to the Etihad from Tottenham in Guardiola’s second season after Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna had been let go.
The 35-year-old grew to become an ever-present in Metropolis’s facet and was twice named within the Premier League Crew of the 12 months throughout his time in Manchester.
Walker left the Etihad final summer time to hitch Burnley following a mortgage spell at AC Milan, with Metropolis choosing Matheus Nunes and Rico Lewis as their choices on the fitting of defence.
Nathan Ake
Nathan Ake has began simply 3 times for Metropolis this season [Getty Images]
Switch price: £40m Premier League video games: 100 Premier League objectives: 6 Clear sheets: 21 Trophies: 10
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The previous Chelsea defender joined Metropolis in a £40m deal from Bournemouth in the identical summer time as Dias, enjoying both at centre-back or left-back.
Ake has had an injury-hit spell on the Etihad, however confirmed his greatest kind within the Champions League-winning marketing campaign – beginning in defence within the remaining in Istanbul.
The Dutchman has made simply three begins within the Premier League this season after getting back from foot surgical procedure.
Aymeric Laporte
Switch price: £57m Premier League video games: 121 Premier League objectives: 8 Clear sheets: 50 Trophies: 13 Offered to: Al-Nassr (£23.6m)
Guardiola spent a major outlay on bringing the Spain worldwide to the membership in January 2018 from Athletic Membership in a £57m deal.
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The left-footed centre-back struck up a partnership with Kompany and later Dias, successful 5 Premier League titles in his six full seasons on the Etihad.
The defender was bought to Saudi Arabian facet Al-Nassr firstly of the 2023-24 season following the signing of Gvardiol.
Joao Cancelo
Joao Cancelo missed out on successful the Champions League after transferring to Bayern Munich on mortgage within the January of that season [Getty Images]
Switch price: £60m Premier League video games: 98 Premier League objectives: 5 Clear sheets: 41 Trophies: 5 Offered to: Al Hilal (£21.2m)
The Portugal right-back or left-back was dropped at England in a £60m deal which noticed Danilo go in the wrong way for £34.1m.
After a sluggish begin to life in Manchester, Cancelo burst into kind in his second season. His greatest spell got here in his third season when he contributed seven assists within the Premier League.
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Nevertheless, following a disagreement with Guardiola, the full-back was despatched out on mortgage to Bayern Munich in January 2023 and he spent a season on mortgage at Barcelona earlier than becoming a member of Al Hilal.
Who else has Pep signed?
Manuel Akanji began in defence in Metropolis’s maiden Champions League triumph however is now on mortgage at Inter Milan [Getty Images]
Proper-backs: Matheus Nunes (purchased for £53m), Danilo (purchased for £26.5m, bought for £34.1m), Pedro Porro (purchased for £11million, bought for £17m), Yan Couto (purchased for £4m, bought for £25.3m), Issa Kabore (purchased for £3.9m)
Centre-backs: Manuel Akanji (purchased for £15m), Victor Reis (purchased for £29.6m), Abdukodir Khusanov (purchased for £33.6m), Philippe Sandler (purchased for £2.6m, bought for £0), Juma Bah (purchased for £5.1m), Ko Itakura (purchased for £1m, bought for £4.3m), Pablo Mari (purchased for £200,000, bought for £1.5m)
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Left-backs: Benjamin Mendy (purchased for £52m, bought for £0), Rayan Ait-Nouri (purchased for £36.3m), Sergio Gomez (purchased for £11m, bought for £8.4m), Angelino (purchased for £5.3m, bought for £15.8m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (purchased for £1.7m, bought for £30m)
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