Man City transfer window under spotlight as Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips settle
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City found themselves in familiar territory when kicking off the latest Premier League season. Having edged out Liverpool to claim a fourth title in five years, Pep Guardiola and his star-studded team celebrated with an open-top bus parade around Manchester and the driver must have been quite used to that route.
But there has been one notable difference this time around. Despite that domestic success, Guardiola opted to shake things up and there could yet be further adjustments with his City squad before the summer transfer deadline on Thursday, September 1 at 11pm. READ MORE: Guardiola outlines Delap transfer plan After missing out on Harry Kane last summer, City turned their attentions to Erling Haaland for this season and they promptly won the race for his £51million signature.
Haaland, 22, scored 85 goals in 88 outings for Borussia Dortmund and has made a blistering start to life back in the UK. Born in Leeds, the Norway sensation netted twice on the opening day against West Ham.
He also contributed with an assist during the follow-up victory over newly-promoted opponents Bournemouth. As part of their summer recruitment drive, City also signed Stefan Ortega as back-up to Ederson between the posts and spent £50million on England midfielder Kalvin Phillips.
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