Harry Maguire display further vindicates Man City transfer policy

There's no denying that Manchester City have benefitted massively from a near unlimited budget during Pep Guardiola's reign.

It has allowed them to build a state of the art academy that is now producing some of the country's brightest talent, assemble a club hierarchy that is the absolute best at everything they do, create the perfect environment for the best manager in the world to flourish and, of course, dominate the transfer market.

But while City have had the capability to spend near unlimited funds on players for the past decade they have often been restrained, occasionally to the bewilderment of supporters who are understandably desperate to see as many stars come through the doors as possible.

Until the out-of-character £100million signing of Jack Grealish in the summer, the Blues rarely spent absolutely silly money on players.

Of course, any amount of tens of millions on a footballer is a stupid concept if we take a step back but, in context, City have rarely gone to ridiculous lengths to sign a single player. Instead preferring to pay more reasonable amounts for highly talented players that still have room to develop rather than firmly established names.

As a result, there have been plenty of targets over the years that City have simply walked away from when they felt the asking price they were being quoted was just too much. Even if the player was in a position that desperately needed reinforcing or would have drastically improved the side, they have never feared missing out on them.

Jorginho, Fred, Alexis Sanchez, Kalidou Koulibaly and Harry Maguire are all prime examples and the latter further vindicated the club's stance in a dismal display at Turf Moor on Tuesday night.

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