Will this Manchester City composition beat the current XI?

Manchester City will have to return to the drawing board this week after Home defeat on Saturday from Tottenham.

City withstands an unhappy 2024/25, giving up the Premier League crown, which they won in four consecutive seasons, and also made an early exit from Europe.

This season had to refer to the redemption. They made a bright start, winning 4-0 on Wolves on the opening weekend, but the game of the Spurs was probably the first real test of the restored city and they failed.

Guardiola was exceeded by Thomas Frank, while the club’s recovery in 2025 continues to look unconvincing.

Abdukodir Husanov, Vitor Reis, Omar Marmush, Nico Gonzalez, Ryan Ait-Nuri, Ryan Cherki, Tigani Rangers and James Trafford have been signed for big money-the city has spent approximately 350 million this calendar year. Still, they still look beyond the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Still, they still look beyond the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Still, they still look beyond the Liverpool and Arsenal line.

The city has invited the transfer market operators, but it is now fair to question the direction that the recruitment team takes over.

You can also argue that the club is not selling very well.

City has dumped serious talent since Guardiola took in 2016.

Here we look at XI players who have left Etihad in the last nine years. It is honest to ask if the « discarded XI » would beat the current urban staff?

Goalkeeper

Arijanet Muric – Sold to Burnley for £ 2.6 million in 2022.

This choice would have been much easier if Trafford did not return to the club this summer.
Murik never appeared in the Premier League for City. He had loan spells in NAC Breda, Nottingham Forest, Girona, Willem II and Adana Demirspor before securing a constant move in Turf Moor.
He was regular in the country, heading for the Premier League promotion in 2022/23 before joining Ipsy. He currently plays for Sassuolo in Serie A.

Right back

Pedro Porro – Sold to Sporting CP for 7.6 million pounds in 2022.

Poro joined City of Girona, but failed to usurp Kyle Walker from the right back slot.
The loan moved to Valladolid and Sporting CP before he moved to the Lisbon club permanently in May 2022. Only eight months later, he moved to Tottenham in a deal that became constant in the summer of 2023 for a fee approaching up to 35 million pounds. Impressed in North London and is considered one of the better attacking full backs in top fields.

Left back

Joao Cancelo-Sold on Al-Hila for £ 21.5 million in 2024.

Cancelo’s CV is highly impressive with spells in Benfica, Inter, Juventus, City, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. However, he was considered an excess of the requirements in Etihad after a report with Guardiola, although he played a role in three victories in the Premier League title. He now plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.

The center of half

Aymeric Laporte-Sold on Al-Nassr for £ 24 million in 2023.

One of the Links of City’s success under Guardiola – Laport won five Premier League and Champions League titles during his time in Manchester. He was surprisingly allowed to leave in 2023 to join the Saudi country Al-Nasr, where he played with Cristiano Ronaldo. Is related to moving back to Europe with Real Madrid.

Nicolas Otamendi – Sold to Benfica for 13 million pounds in 2020

Winning a reputation of a wild and unreliable defender during his time in City and was often unjust separately for criticism. His career has since proven that his critics are wrong. Otamendi won two Copas America with Argentina and began the final victory of the World Cup over France in Qatar. It will still be strong at 37, it will almost certainly be part of the team of Lionel Skaloni, who will hope to protect his world title in the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.

Midfielder

Douglas Louis – Sold to Aston Villa for 16.5 million pounds in 2019

Bring to Europe by Vasco da Gama, Lewis has never appeared in a game for the first team for City. Has been loan to Girona before moving to Villa Park after receiving work permission. He quickly established himself as a key player at a villa, making over 150 appearances before moving to Juventus for £ 43 million. He failed to settle down in Turin and joined Nottingham Forest last week on a loan for the season.

Jack You Wrong – Loans Everton for the 2025/26 season

Grilish remains a record signature of City after joining Aston Villa for 100 million pounds in 2021, showed glimpses of her natural ability under Guardiola, but was often thrown on his left wing, where he sometimes struggles to influence the games. He won three Premier League and Champions League titles, but his relationship with Guardiola never seemed to be built on mutual trust. He made an impressive start in Everton and achieved both goals in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Brighton.

Riyad Mahrez-Sold on AL-IHLI for £ 30 million in 2023

Was the most expensive football player in Africa when he joined City for £ 60 million in 2018 after playing a key role in Leicester’s remarkable Premier League triumph in 2016. He won four more Premier League titles in City and was part of the country that ended the internal and continental treble, which included the champion that included

Cole Palmer – Sold to Chelsea for £ 42 million in 2023

The poster boy for those who criticize the sales of the city. The local boy Palmer joined City at seven years old and progressed through the youth ranks before debuting in 2020, but never got a great chance at the first team level and went to Chelsea in an attempt to play more football in the Premier League. Palmer flourished at Stamford Bridge, helping them to become world champions with two goals in the World Cup final against Paris Saint -Germain. Considered to be one of the best creative talents in Europe, it must be a cornerstone of England’s new appearance under Thomas Tushel.

Leroy Sane – Sold to Bayern Munich for the original £ 39 million in 2020.

He would have left City earlier if it wasn’t for ACL injury in 2019 in the Shield community against Liverpool. An extremely talented wing who won four Bundesliga crowns in Bayern before leaving for Galatasaray earlier this season.

Striker

Julian Alvarez – Sold to Atletico Madrid for £ 65 million in 2024.

City can at least claim that he has made a huge profit on Alvarez after he has only signed it for 14 million pounds in 2022, scored 20 goals in 67 games in Etihad, but is becoming more and more scaled than the lack of time to play behind Erling Haland. He was allowed to go for athletes, for whom he scored 29 goals and provided eight assists in 57 participations in all competitions in his debut season in Spain. Departure seemed even more mystantial when Haland received an ankle injury that kept it for a few weeks while it was limping during the 2024/25 season.

Substitutes

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James Makati
Ferran Torres
Angelino
Eric Garcia
Oleksandr Zincenko
Gabriel Jesus
Danilo
Kyle Walker
Raheem sterling
Taylor Harvood-Belis