Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox It is very rare that a day goes by without Manchester City being linked with a new player in some media report or other.
Some, like new £100m signing Jack Grealish, eventually turn out to be true, though there are many that the club have failed to sign for one reason or another.
Here, we look at 15 players City have been linked with in the last couple of transfer windows and see what happened to them. Lionel Messi - There is no more obvious place to start as City showed an interest in one of the greatest players of all time when he announced last year he wanted to leave Barcelona.
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