Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox One of the realities of Manchester City being a super-club is that they have to think outside the box at times when it comes to transfer policy.
Ambitions of winning every available piece of silverware aren't conducive with selling off star men for hefty fees, so City pursue a strategy of buying promising players, developing them through a series of loans and then selling them on for profit.
The likes of Jack Harrison, Aaron Mooy, Enes Unal and Douglas Luiz are examples of how this approach can work well, while Patrick Roberts, Bruno Zuculini and Philippe Sandler are perhaps not.
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