Five players Man City are tipped to sign in 2023 summer transfer window

Outgoings have been a more dominant topic than incomings as far as Manchester City's summer transfer window has been concerned so far.

Uncertainty surrounding the futures of Kyle Walker, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva has meant that speculation concerning potential new arrivals has, for the most part, been put on the back-burner. Bayern Munich are interested in extracting Walker from the Etihad Stadium while several big-name clubs are keen on out-of-contract Gundogan.

City manager Pep Guardiola will look to freshen up his squad this summer and is understood to be keen on a new centre-back and a central-midfielder as his leading priorities. As reported by the Manchester Evening News last week, City are considering a move for West Ham United captain Declan Rice.

The England international is one of the most sought-after players in the country currently and Arsenal are the favourites to sign him. City, though, exploring a possible move for him.

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Nevertheless, as is so often the case at this time of year, the rumour mill is in full swing. With that said, MEN Sport has taken a close look at five players that the bookmakers are currently linking with moves to City.

City have been linked with signing RB Leipzig centre-back Gvardiol fairly consistently over the last few months, hence why the current odds on him joining the club are so short. The Croatian is considered as one of the most promising central-defenders in Europe and it has been suggested elsewhere that he could cost City, as well as any other interested clubs, north of £70million.

The 21-year-old, who scored against City in the Champions League back in February, enjoyed a superb