Eberechi Eze and Matheus Nunes transfer interest is damning for one Man City star

Manchester City's continued hunt for further midfield reinforcements can only be bad news for Kalvin Phillips.

It's been an uncharacteristically chaotic end to the summer transfer window for City after a rather dull opening two months. Mateo Kovacic was the only new signing in June and July as anxiety over whether more business would get done grew amongst the fan base.

August got off to a great start to allay those fears as top target Josko Gvardiol was finally captured and there has been a flurry of activity since. With the Croatian defender secured, City then turned their attention to how best to bolster their attacking options after the loss of Riyad Mahrez.

The club had pondered on whether to go like-for-like with a new winger, with Michael Olise on their radar, or sign another central attacking midfielder and utilise Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer on the right.

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Lucas Paqueta emerged as a surprising target but that option has since been taken off the table after the FA opened an investigation against the West Ham playmaker for potential betting rules breaches. Then the injury crisis began.

Kevin De Bruyne had done brilliantly to be able to start the season after suffering a hamstring injury in the Champions League final but lasted just 20 minutes at Burnley. The brilliant Belgian will now miss the rest of the year after going under the knife to fix the same hamstring and leaves a big gap in the side in his absence.

John Stones missed the match and will now be out of action until September while Bernardo was unavailable for Saturday's win over Newcastle due to illness. Pep Guardiola was forced to name an