City have seen enough players slip through their clutches for two full starting XIs. The Athletic looks back at the biggest names
do not always get their way in the transfer market. During the Pep Guardiola era, there has been quite the list of players who could easily have been playing at the Etihad Stadium these days — only for some dramatic twist to throw plans in jeopardy.
Not being able to sell Otamendi in 2019 led to a scramble in 2020 and, after being unable to sign Koulibaly from Napoli, City tried to sign Kounde from . The only issue was that Sevilla did not want Otamendi in exchange, so the move did not happen. Fortunately for City, Benfica did want Otamendi and so Ruben Dias arrived. Advertisement The other part of the 2019 centre-back problem — alongside not being able to sell Otamendi — was that they needed a homegrown player.
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