The 2022 summer transfer window slammed shut at 11pm on September 1; Manchester City signed Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Kalvin Phillips; Manuel Akanji, Sergio Gomes and Stefan Ortega
Friday 2 September 2022 08:14, UK
As the 2022 summer transfer window closes, we round up the done deals, and all the players linked with moves in and out of Manchester City.
Manchester City's hopes of celebrating a fifth Premier League title in six years are gathering pace given their electric start to the season, spearheaded by stellar summer signing Erling Haaland.
Five games into the Premier League season and the Norwegian has already added a different dimension to Pep Guardiola's side.
Haaland has hit the ground running at Manchester City, becoming the first player in the Premier League era to score nine times in his first five matches, with back-to-back hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest raising the prospect of an ominous end-of-season goals tally.
The Norwegian arrived in England with a reputation as one of the hottest properties around and he has lived up to the label, with Manchester City already reaping the benefits and staking perhaps the strongest claim to signing of the summer.
Manchester City have signed Manuel Akanji from Borussia Dortmund in a £15m deal.
Swiss international Akanji had entered the final year of his contract and was yet to make an appearance for Dortmund this season. In total, he has played 158 times for the Bundesliga club since joining from Basel in 2018. The Premier League title holders have struggled with defensive injuries this season, with Aymeric Laporte absent until September as he recovers from knee surgery, while Nathan Ake was taken off during their 3-3 draw at Newcastle on August 21.
Southampton completed the double signings of youngsters Sam Edozie and Juan Larios from Manchester City on Deadline Day.
Edozie is a 19-year-old winger and Larios is a Spain U19 left-back both playing in City's academy.
The main pillar of Saints' transfer policy is to sign the best Premier League academy talent and develop them into first-team players.
The man behind that effort is Joe Shields - appointed head of recruitment earlier this year - who was previously City's head of academy recruitment and worked there for nine years.
Manchester City have completed the £11m signing of left-back Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht.
City agreed a deal with Anderlecht to sign Gomez last week, and the 21-year-old has now completed a medical and signed a four-year deal with the Premier League champions.
It was initially thought Gomez would have been loaned out once the transfer was completed, but City boss Pep Guardiola confirmed he will stay in Manchester this season and compete for the left-back position in the first team.
Manchester City were also keen on Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphael Guerreiro.
The 28-year-old Portugal international was one of several potential first-team options the club were looking into.
Guerreiro has made 189 appearances for Dortmund, scored 34 goals and setup 37, since joining in 2016.
One source has told Sky Sports News Stuttgart's Borna Sosa was also on City's list, while another source has indicated he was not under consideration.
Kieran Tierney - Manchester City are plotting a late swoop to sign Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney this summer following Oleksandr Zinchenko's move to the Emirates Stadium (Daily Mirror, August 12).
Raphael Guerreiro - Manchester City were also keen on Borussia Dortmund left-back Raphael Guerreiro (Sky Sports News, August 10)
Josko Gvardiol - Josko Gvardiol looked like being a hot property in the closing month of the summer window, with both Chelsea and Man City keen on the RB Leipzig defender (The Sun, August 4).
Bernardo Silva - Man City rejected a £59m bid from PSG for 'unsettled' midfielder Bernardo Silva, with officials in France believing the offer has been turned down out of fear the player could help the Ligue 1 side win the Champions League ahead of his current employers (The Times, August 26); Bernardo Silva was offered a massive new deal by Manchester City - to persuade the Portuguese ace to commit to the club long-term (Daily Star on Sunday, August 21). Silva admitted his future at the club was uncertain amid interest from Barcelona (The Sun, August 11); Manchester City denied reports they had accepted a £46m bid from Barcelona for Silva (Daily Mail, August 10); Barcelona told Manchester City they would be submitting an offer for the Portugal international (Manchester Evening News, August 5); Barcelona reportedly agreed personal terms with Bernardo Silva (The Sun, August 1).
Cole Palmer - Man City midfielder Cole Palmer was wanted by Borussia Dortmund on loan for the season, but manager Pep Guardiola wasreluctant to let him leave the club (The Sun, August 26).
Nathan Ake - City wanted more than £50m to let Ake return to Chelsea (The Sun, July 9); Chelsea were in advanced talks with City over a deal to bring central defender Ake back to the club (The Times, July 8); City told Chelsea to forget about re-signing centre-back Ake on the cheap (Sun on Sunday, July 3).
Erling Haaland - Borussia Dortmund, £51.1m
Stefan Ortega - Arminia Bielefeld, free
Kalvin Phillips - Leeds, £50m
Sergio Gomez - Anderlecht, £11m
Manuel Akanji - Borussia Dortmund, £15m
Raheem Sterling - Chelsea, £47.5m
Oleksandr Zinchenko - Arsenal, £32m
Gabriel Jesus - Arsenal, 45m
Jayden Braaf - Borussia Dortmund, free
Pedro Porro - Sporting Lisbon, £7.2m
Gavin Bazunu - Southampton, £15m
Lima Delap - Stole City, loan
Issa Kabore - Marseille, loan
James Trafford - Bolton, loan
Fernandinho - Athletico Paranaense, free
CJ Egan-Riley - Burnley, free
Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Burnley, loan
Ko Itakura - Borussia Monchengladbach, £4.3m
Darko Gyabi - Leeds, £5m
Tommy Doyle - Sheffield Utd, loan
Romeo Lavia - Southampton, £14m
Zack Steffen - Middlesbrough, loan
Kwaku Oduroh - Derby, free
Lewis Fiorini - Blackpool, loan
Arijanet Muric - Burnley, undisclosed
