Man City know they can ruin Manchester United's Frenkie de Jong transfer dream

Manchester City have already ruined one of Manchester United's transfer dreams this summer and they could do it again by beating their neighbours to Frenkie de Jong.

United never stood a chance but the fact that they missed out on Erling Haaland to their neighbours has to sting. The Norwegian sensation's next move was supposed to be the drama of the transfer window, but City ensured it was cancelled before the pilot even aired. The Blues confirmed that they have agreed a deal with Borussia Dortmund to sign the striker this summer, with the approximate total expenditure standing at £86million.

With Bayern Munich still having two great No.9s leading their lines, Barcelona lacking the financial muscle, Liverpool having a stacked attack, Paris Saint-Germain a circus and United not even having Champions League football to offer, there really was no other realistic option for Haaland. Even still, United would have loved to have signed such an elite-level player but they will have now have to watch his exploits unfold in the other half of Manchester.

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Not only have City — for the first time in the history of the Premier League — managed to sign a best-in-the-world-level player as he's at the top of the game, to finally find a new clinical edge following the departure of Sergio Aguero, but they have made another sizeable shift in the power dynamics in Manchester.

Though City have been the better team on the pitch for close to a decade now, United still had considerable pulling power owing to their history and prestige (as well as willingness to pay obscene wages and fees, of course). In recent years United have beaten their rivals to the signatures of Fred, Alexis