Enzo Fernández is a City player
Deadline day, and City landed the big one. Enzo Fernández joins from Chelsea for €145 million, £125 million (1) (2) (3). That is a Premier League record. The Argentine signed on September 1 and the fee was confirmed by the club (1).
Iliman Ndiaye joins on deadline day
City did not stop at one signing. Senegalese winger Iliman Ndiaye has also signed (8) (10). The fee is around €75 million (8). Both deals went through before the window shut (8) (11).
Gakpo was close, then Liverpool blocked it
Cody Gakpo thought he was a City player. The winger was mentally already in Manchester, but Liverpool blocked the move at the last moment and he stays (4) (9). Gakpo is very disappointed with how the summer played out (9).
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€527 million is the biggest spend in Europe
City were the biggest spenders of the summer window at €527 million, more than any other club (10) (11) (12). For context, Enzo Fernández alone cost more than most clubs spent all summer.
Fan-reaktioner
Fans are buzzing about the record window, with the £458m net-deal figure making the rounds across the MCFC subreddit. River Plate fans are getting a slice too, around €5 million via FIFA's solidarity mechanism. One City supporter pointed out that only 10 of 25 players from the 24/25 squad are still at the club, which says plenty about the scale of the rebuild.
