straight to your inboxManchester City are not messing around this summer. Less than a week since their final Premier League game of the 2019/20 campaign and they have already reached a £21m deal with Valencia to sign Ferran Torre s and a £41m agreement with Bournemouth for Nathan Ake, with both players expected to join.
That is a far cry from successive summers that have been spent haggling for months over valuations - and have seen at least two players slip through their fingers and join rival clubs.
There is also the need for speed given the unique nature of this transfer window and the new football landscape that is either post- or mid-Covid depending on your definition.
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