Man City’s January transfer window simulated - £128m spent and Kalvin Phillips surprise

Manchester City may look to bolster their squad next month as they aim to become the first side to win four Premier League titles in a row.

With the January transfer window just around the corner City might enter the market for new recruits. Pep Guardiola's side won the treble last term but the race for the Premier League title looks keenly contested this season.

In the summer City signed Matheus Nunes, Jeremy Doku, Matteo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol for a combined £216 million, hoping to build on their treble-winning side having lost Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte, and Cole Palmer among others.

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More could follow in January but who might make the move to the Etihad? We used Football Manager 2024 to find out. To complete the simulation we updated City’s squad with the current injury and suspension situation, allowing Football Manager 2024 to then decide who the champions could sign in the upcoming transfer window. This is what happened:

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) £28m, Pepê (Porto) £64m, Juan Foyth (Villareal) £36m

Manchester City spent £128m on reinforcing their squad ahead of the second half of the season, including signing Pepê and Tomiyasu for a near £100 million on transfer deadline day.

Guardiola’s first signing saw former Tottenham defender Foyth make a return to the Premier League. City also splashed £28m on another defender when picking up Tomiyasu from title rivals Arsenal.

The biggest signing for the European champions was the deadline-day purchase of Brazilian winger Pepe from Porto. The wide man is highly versatile