Between hundreds of millions of investments and sparkling contracts, Man City is also full of failures, coming and going without a trumpet.
At a club that regularly stands on the peak like Man City, every decision on the transfer market is carefully scrutinized. The line between a contract can change the entire team and a disappointing deal is sometimes the vital boundary for football projects.
Since the cash flow from the UAE poured into Etihad, every rookie has suffered a rigorous assessment. Man City has had many successful successful deals, but many times “swinging money”.
The City Football Group model helps the former Premier League's house have many advantages. Thanks to the satellite club network, especially in South America, Man City easily brought young players full of potential to Europe. But if there are errors, this system also makes it easier to “hide” the failure, with many players “wiped out” from the football map silently.
In the current summer transfer window, as the team was trying to stabilize after a bad season, names like Rayan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders or Rayan Ait-Touri came to bring Man City back to the image of a bright candidate on all fronts.
However, not all the deals from the time the new owner took over. There are many “smudges”, small contracts but become meaningless investments – silently coming and leaving Etihad.
Names like Maximo Perrone (just joined Como), Yan Couto (constantly being lent without a place), or Douglas Luiz (now Juventus) is a typical proof. The case of Marlos Moreno – the Colombian player has been from Atletico Nacional – has never even played a match for the first team Man City.
This list is still long, and each name can lead to a separate debate: What does Man City have obtained from those deals?
Some people have their own prices, others cling to the long -term contract but do not leave any significant mark. The story of success like Julian Alvarez, or somewhat Douglas Luiz, is rare exceptions.
Man City's total spending in South America amounted to about 86 million euros, showing a completely different picture when they tried to find “rough pearl” outside Europe.
If you look at larger contracts, the failure is more prominent: Kalvin Phillips (49 million euros), Jack Rodwell (15 million), Wilfried Bony (32 million), Nolito (18 million) or Stevan Jovetic (26 million) are examples that sometimes “throwing money through the window” in Man City is not uncommon.
The price to pay when the contracts are not effective is a stain in the system that is operated very well by Man City. Despite possessing powerful financial potential, every player who came to Etihad without leaving a mark was considered a clear failure.
The support from a huge corporation makes Man City easily obscure unsuccessful deals, but obviously, not all that sparkling at Etihad is gold.
