Man City squad audit as next transfer moves predicted for Pep Guardiola

Manchester City were active in the first weeks of the June transfer window, spending £111million on signing four new players ahead of the Club World Cup.

Marcus Bettinelli came in to replace Scott Carson as third-choice goalkeeper, but Rayan Ait-Nouri, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki all come in to boost the first-team squad.

That has left Pep Guardiola with a bloated squad and some difficult decisions ahead as he tries to tim the numbers.

But there are also spots in the squad that need strengthening. This is how the current squad is shaping up and the likely next moves for Guardiola and director of football Hugo Viana.

Six months ago, this looked like being a summer of change in goal, but that has changed. Ederson and Stefan Ortega are set to stay, meaning Bettinelli replacing Carson is the only major change.

The clock is ticking, however, and it’s clear money will need to be spent on a goalkeeper or two. That might wait until next summer now.

Ederson turns 32 in August and has flirted with leaving the club in recent summers, while Ortega is 33 in November and didn’t make a strong enough case last season to replace the Brazilian.

City could find themselves needing a new No. 1 and No. 2 goalkeeper next summer, so Viana needs to be on top of that market.

This is the summer City finally signed a left-back, but as one problem position was solved, another might have appeared.

Ait-Nouri looks an excellent buy and made a good start to his City career at the Club World Cup. He is the long-term solution that fans have been crying out for at left-back.

But there is now a hole to fill on the right. Kyle Walker’s spell at the club ended with his move to Burnley and that leaves Matheus Nunes and Rico Lewis as the options. Nunes