Another summer transfer target emerges for Manchester City as they look to bolster their midfield

Manchester City began the rebuild of their squad during the January transfer window. The signings of Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzàlez, Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov in the January transfer window show that City won’t be taking any backward steps in replenishing their squad. It’s a process that looks set to continue in the summer transfer window. There are a host of players that could leave Manchester City in the summer. One of the areas of City’s squad that appears set to be rebuilt is their midfield.

Players like Kevin De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan are all getting on in years. For the majority of them, their best football is now behind them. They can all still be valuable contributors for Pep Guardiola’s side but they aren’t players you can now build the midfield around. Manchester City did sign Nico Gonzàlez from FC Porto on the final day of the January transfer window. The Spanish midfielder will likely have a key role to play in City’s midfield in the future. But they will need to sign more midfielders to further strengthen that area of the pitch in the summer.

A new report from Danny Rust and Dean Jones for GIVEMESPORT indicates that Atalanta midfielder Ederson is looming as a summer transfer target for Manchester City. The GIVEMESPORT report suggests that Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes is also a target for Manchester City. Furthermore, Rust and Jones add that if City consider a move for Guimaraes to be too expensive they’ll shift their attention to Atalanta’s midfield workhorse.

The picture that Manchester City are aiming to paint with their midfield is beginning to take shape.

It now does appear that Manchester City are looking to revamp their midfield. During their era of dominance, City’s midfield has been dominated by Rodri, and he has been supported by players such as Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogand and more recently Mateo Kovacic. But the game has begun to shift away from the type of midfield City have typically deployed. Teams now have players who are athletic, technically gifted and get around the pitch well. Based on City’s links to Guimaraes and Ederson, they look set to follow that trend.

If they could add a player like Ederson or Bruno Guimaraes it would give Manchester City’s midfield a different look. A midfield trio for example of Rodri, Gonzàlez and Ederson or Bruno Guimaraes would allow City to play a more modern style of football. They are all technically gifted, but they can also all get around the pitch with their athleticism. We have seen this season that City have struggled against those types of opponents. Now it seems that Manchester City are targeting players who can add this attribute to their squad.

Ederson and Bruno Guimaraes are looming as summer targets for Manchester City. Based on what City need in midfield and what the pair would add it’s clear to see why they’d be targeting the pair of Brazilian midfielders. If they could sign either player it would immediately bolster City’s midfield. That will be a story to monitor in the summer if City can sign either player.