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Aymeric Laporte (£57m)
Manchester City smashed their transfer records by acquiring Aymeric Laporte from Athletico Bilbao in January 2018, halfway through their 'Centurion's Campaign'. The French international has been a roaring success at the Etihad. He's an elite centre-back who is relatively quick, strong, powerful, and is decent with the ball at his feet. City's defence rarely looks shoddy and ships goals when the Agen-born defender starts.
The colossal defender was instrumental in City's domestic treble-winning campaign and his scintillating performances were rewarded with a place in PFA Team Of The Year 2018/19. His unavailability due to injuries strongly contributed to City's 18 point-deficit to Liverpool in previous season's title race. Without him, City's backline is dreadful.
Philippe Sandler (£2.7m)
Philipe Sandler penned a multi-year deal with Manchester City in 2018 and became Guardiola's third signing of the summer. Sandler came through the famed youth ranks of Ajax before moving to their Eredivisie rivals PEC Zwolle.
The Holland under-20 international made four appearances for Manchester City Under-23s and made his first senior appearance in the EFL Cup semi-final second leg against Burton Albion. The Dutch center-back was loaned out to Anderlecht for the 2019-20 season, reuniting with player-manager and former Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany.
Only time will tell if he will be an effective signing for Manchester City.
Angelino (£11m)
City re-signed Angelino in the summer of 2019 from PSV by triggering the buy-back clause in his contract after two consecutive impressive seasons in the Eredivisie. The Eredivisie Talent of the Season 2018/19 made a dozen appearances for City before being loaned to RB Leipzig in January. The left-back's stay in Germany has been extended via a loan extension that runs till the end of the 2020-21 campaign.
It needs to be seen how the Spaniard breaks into Pep Guardiola's first eleven in the future.
Pedro Porro (£11m)
Spaniard Pedro Porro moved to Manchester City from sister club Girona, commanding a seven-figure transfer fee. The 21-year-old is yet to make an appearance for the Cityzens as he was immediately loaned to La Liga outfit Real Valladolid for the 2019-20 season after four days into his City contract. The Spanish U21 International recently secured a two-year loan deal to Sporting CP.
Another signing on which the jury remains out.
