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Man City now have full starting line-up for 2025/26 season after four January transfer deals
02.02.2022 - 14:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City agreed four deals in January to complete a prospective squad for the 2025/26 season, with half a starting XI already under contract for the following year.
City brought in Julian Alvarez from River Plate on a five-and-a-half year contract, with the plan for him to join the squad after July at the earliest. He has been signed as a City player, rather than someone to be loaned out around City Football Group clubs, and City will hope for him to be a viable forward option for the years to come.
The news on Tuesday of Joao Cancelo's new contract was met with universal appreciation, keeping him at the club until 2027, like Alvarez. Those deals come after youngsters Shea Charles and Finley Burns also committed their futures until 2027 after impressing for the youth team and making their senior debuts earlier this season.
Now those four players have signed on for the 2026/27 season, City can boast six players on the books for five years' time, with just a midfield to complete and a central striker who is the main target for the summer transfer window. If, or when, that high-profile signing does arrive, City would likely be keen to offer them a long-term contract until 2027 at least.
And the January deals arranged already in 2022 also mean that City's options for the 2025/26 season now stretch to a full starting XI, albeit with a bit of moving players around.
In goal, City fans will hope Ederson retains his pinpoint passing and fine reflex saving ability as he has a current deal that runs until 2026, as does John Stones. The England centre-back can partner Ruben Dias in defence with the Portuguese on a contract until 2027.
For the purposes of this starting XI, Burns will need to play at full-back despite being
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