The world is tuning into the climax of the European Championship and Pep Guardiola defenders figure prominently
Pep Guardiola has achieved unprecedented success with Manchester City but to some critics he is just a chequebook manager.
Nobody would deny that it is an eye-watering amount of money and nobody has, with Guardiola happy to accept the heavy lifting that spending has done. A look at the Euros goes to show just how well City have recruited in defence though.ALSO READ: Former Man City analyst handed FA ban for betting breaches
Defenders, never usually in the spotlight, will be doing their best to keep it that way and City are represented by six from the final eight teams: Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo , Manu Akanji , Nathan Ake , John Stones and Kyle Walker are all still in with a chance of winning it. Those six players represent more than half of Guardiola's total spend on defenders across eight years.
Looking at the rest, £25m is still on the books at the Etihad in Sergio Gomez , Issa Kabore and Yan Couto . All three of those will likely be playing their football away from Manchester next season, although between them their value is between two and three times what was paid for them.
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