3 players who can replace Fernandinho at Manchester City

Conclusion

Frenkie De Jong would be a perfect fit. He can play basically every position in the midfield and would be already familiar to a possession-oriented team. He is very press resistant which would be a massive boost when City play against teams who will press them like Liverpool, Spurs, and Chelsea.

He has also very good passing stats and can provide an extra edge in midfield when playing a team which forms a 5-4-1 formation while defending against which City have massively suffered in these past few seasons. Although Frenkie is not that good defensively when compared to other options like Ndombele and Neves he has an upper edge when it comes to dribbling and passing.

He likes to do layoffs and play short passes which is perfect for Pep's City. Frenkie is considered to be as the next Busquets and Pep is reportedly very impressed by the Dutchman. Attracting him to the Etihad will be a hard job for Txiki given that he is Barca's main priority. If City sign the midfielder either next year or in this January Window and give him to develop and work under the mentorship of Pep and Fernandinho, he can prove to be the final puzzle in Pep's jigsaw.