Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City announcing a contract extension for Ederson the day after the transfer window closed did not feel like coincidental timing.
Neither did the line in the press release reiterating that the goalkeeper is the fifth first-team player to renew in this calendar year.
New deals may push the wage bill up but they also save the club money on their books by spreading the cost of the remaining payments on any transfers over more years.
Symbolically too, talking up the successful negotiations with current stars is not surprising after the failed attempts to replace Sergio Aguero in the market this summer.
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