MANCHESTER CITY are set to sign at least FIVE new players as part of a major summer overhaul.
‘s side are hoping to bounce back quickly after so meekly surrendering their Premier League title to this season.
– whose streak of four successive titles came to a bitter end last Sunday – have already spent £188m on four new signings in January, the best of them being forward .
But is now looking to strengthen in other areas, with a goalkeeper, full-back and creative midfielder among the targets.
And City rarely get things wrong in the transfer market, with Marmoush already setting a new record for most Prem goals scored by a winter signing in the same season.
A move for Nottingham Forest’s is in the works to replace departing club legend .
But Forest have reportedly slapped a £100m price tag on the midfielder, who has five goals and nine assists in 34 Prem games this term.
While City might have to battle Real Madrid for star , with the Bundesliga club set to ask for more than £100m, too.
But the top priority is to trim the wage bill this summer, according to sources speaking to the The Athletic.
Club legends and have been strongly linked with exits, with both contracts expiring in June 2026.
Understudy is also under contract for another year and has been linked with a move to Leverkusen.
So they will need replacing, with City interested in stopper and 22-year-old Man Utd target
After so long at City, De Bruyne has earned £400,000-per-week over the last few years and nets around 120,000 every week.
The Cityzens are also keen on bringing in a new full-back, with loanee set to permanently walk away from the Etihad in the summer.
City are reportedly monitoring Leverkusen wing-back and left-back Theo Hernandez.
But Guardiola wants an experienced starter after the signings of young centre-backs Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov in January.
City are still operating with two full-time transfer chiefs, with incoming director of football Hugo Viana recently starting work, with set to leave the club after the Club World Cup.
