Tijjani Reijnders signs, £100m deal and £25m wildcard - Man City's dream squad after five transfers

It is set to be a summer of change at Manchester City as Pep Guardiola continues his rebuild towards the third phase of his City tenure.

January saw the arrivals of young defenders Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Juma Bah, as well as midfield star Nico Gonzalez and forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt.

The last time City finished outside of the top two, Guardiola presided over a game-changing transfer window that saw City move from fourth place to 100-point champions in one season.

Guardiola's team's success was built on their full-backs and the arrival of Kyle Walker was particularly pivotal that summer.

And while there is uncertainty over the futures of goalkeepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega heading into the final year of their contract, replacing either player is far from a priority this summer unless one of those players leave the club. Porto's Diogo Costa has been identified as a possible option in that regard.

Instead, like the summer of 2017, City's transfer rebuild should begin at full-back. Since Walker was allowed to join AC Milan in the January window, City have been without any natural full-backs.

Josko Gvardiol and Nico O'Reilly have filled in at left-back, while Matheus Nunes has filled in at right-back. Rico Lewis has been used there but he prefers to play in midfield by his own admission.

With that in mind, if City can sign two natural full-backs this summer that would be a big plus for Guardiola. Newcastle right-back Tino Livramento and Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri.

While both deals would be expensive and difficult to pull off, particularly in Livramento's case given Newcastle are now challengers to City, both would be ideal additions given their ability, experience and age profile.

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