Who will play with you next season? The summer window has just opened, and Manchester City s recruitment spending this year has reached 375 million euros

On June 11, Manchester City officially announced that they had signed Reindes from AC Milan, with the transfer fee of 70 million euros. With Nuri, Betinelli and Cherki, the summer window has just begun, and the investment has exceeded 150 million euros. In the winter window in January, Manchester City introduced Marmush, Niko Gonzalez, Husanov and Rees, spending 225 million euros.

It is not half way through this year and the summer window is far from over. Manchester City has already spent 375 million euros in the transfer market and will continue to sign. Manchester City's total team's current team's total net worth is 1.26 billion euros, continuing to surpass Real Madrid to rank first in the world.

Guardiola's team has never been so urgently needed fresh blood. The four major players were all gone last season, and the Premier League ranked third in the final to maintain its qualifying for the Champions League. The aging of the lineup and the injury wave seriously dragged down the team. De Bruyne and other core players are over 30 years old. Rodri's long-term injury has caused a sharp drop in midfield control, and the defense is even more damaged by injuries. The luxury shopping in the winter window is the right medicine. But the results will not have any effect in the short term. Continuing to buy luxury goods in the summer window has become inevitable.

The huge investment is by no means blindly spending money, but a precise sniper aimed at the replacement of the lineup - the team's average age has decreased, retaining the peak cores such as Haaland and Foden, forming a golden structure of "veterans passing and leading + new stars are fighting power".

The money cannot pile up the championship, but Guardiola uses tactical innovation to transform capital into dominance. "3-2-4-1" formation: double back midfielders lock the counterattack channel, four front courts can freely change positions and tear the defense line, pushing the philosophy of passing and controlling to a new height.

The signings in the new season further strengthened the system: Nuri's ability to insert assists frees the attack on the wing, and Reindes' running range enhances the midfield strangling power. While the opponent is still studying how to crack the three central defenders, Manchester City has built a more complex tactical maze with new pieces.

Despite the luxurious lineup, it is not easy for Manchester City to win the Premier League and Champions League championships in the 2025-26 season.

Premier League level: Liverpool, which led the championship early last season for a long time, has also made great moves in the transfer market this summer. After the lineup has been transformed, there is still hope for defending the title. Arsenal, which is also strengthening the lineup, and Chelsea, which has shown signs of revival last season, should not be underestimated.

Champions League battlefield: After Real Madrid experienced all four majors, the arrival of new coach Xavi Alonso is worth looking forward to. After strengthening the shortcomings in the defense, the "Champions League Hope" still has strong competitiveness. The defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, ​​who lost to Inter Milan in the Champions League semi-final last season, are also favorites to compete for the championship.

When other giants were watching in the summer window, Manchester City took the lead in completing the lineup upgrade with capital as the spear and tactics as the shield. But the football world never has the law of "money omnipotence": Paris's 220 million-dive Neymar in 2017 still failed the Champions League after scattering Neymar for 220 million yuan last season. After leaving the team last season, Mbappe won the Champions League championship historic, proving that lineup running-in and tactical cohesion are the ultimate winners and losers.

At the Etihad Stadium in the new season, Haaland and Marmush's double-tower striker will be tested by Premier League defenders, and Reindes' long pass needs to penetrate the dense defense line of the Champions League opponent. Manchester City's 375 million euro investment still needs to be tested in practical terms in the new season.