DBasia.news – Revocation of UEFA punishment by CAS for Manchester City related to the FFP (Financial Fair Play) violation issue makes The Citizens now focus on buying players to the summer transfer market. Manchester City have prepared a fantastic transfer fund for Pep Guardiola.
The penalty from UEFA was originally in the form of a ban on appearing in European competition over the next two seasons and a 30 million euro fine. But City’s appeal in CAS was accepted by revoking the sentence and reducing the fine to 10 million euros.
The fact is that they will participate again in the Champions League next season, as well as the team’s future prospects under the direction of Guardiola, allows City to convince top players to come to the Etihad Stadium.
Moreover, this season City failed to defend the Premier League title for the third time in a row after losing to Liverpool and eliminated in the FA Cup. No doubt a number of reforms will be done City this summer.
According to news from the US, Man City provided a transfer fund of 330 million euros for Guardiola to buy players this upcoming summer. The area that City want to improve is in the defense and attack lines.
City allegedly wanted to recruit four top players to strengthen the area, namely the position of central defender, defensive midfielder, striker, and wing attacker to replace Leroy Sane. Guardiola will collaborate with Aitor “Txiki” Begiristain, City Sports Director to make it happen.
For the center back position the list of their target players are: Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Diego Carlos (Sevilla), Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan), then for offensive players there are Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), and Ferran Torres (Valencia).
The center back position is crucial because City haven’t had a substitute since Vincent Kompany left, while Aymeric Laporte has a long injury. Not to mention John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi playing inconsistently.
David Silva will also leave Man City after 10 years playing together, but City don’t really need a replacement because they still have Kevin De Bruyne and a talented young British player, Phil Foden.