Transfer window Round up

It was a silent deadline day for Manchester City with no business taking place in the final 24 hours of the transfer window. The last added signing to the squad was one of the greatest high profile transfers in the Premier League, with Kevin De Bruyne coming in from Wolfsburg.

The promising Turkish striker Enes Unal was the first player who got signed on the 6^th of July, just in time for the prospect to join the team in pre-season. He is now on loan at Genk.

Raheem Sterling was the first big signing in July and he was promptly followed to Manchester City by Fabian Delph who joined from Aston Villa a couple of days later.

Patrick Roberts was signed to City next from Championship side Fulham before Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi brought in from Valencia on August 20^th.

James Milner and Micah Richards left City for Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively. Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic also left City for Roma and Inter on loan. Marcos Lopes joined Monaco, Jason Denayer was loaned to Galatasaray and Jose Angel Pozo signed for Almeria.

Match Report: Manchester City vs Melbourne

The Manchester editions of Melbourne and Manchester met in a pre-season friendly match that took place in Australia. The pace was not the best but both teams still created chances.

The match began at a relatively sluggish pace, but in the eighth minute Willy Caballero was close getting Melbourne ahead. Caballero kicked the ball poorly and a Melbourne player could play the ball into the open goal, but in an impressive recovery Kompany prevented a goal.

Until the 19th minute the game went back and forth in slow tempo, but after Yaya clipped a free kick in the bar the pace was upped. Minutes later Barker fired a shot off after Yaya pushed for the attack.

In the 32nd minute a fine cross from the right made both Humphreys and Maffeo loose their markings which later led to a chance for Mauk who shot the ball high over the open goal. In the sequence afterwards Navas hit the crossbar with a fine effort.

In the second half Melbourne created chance. Novillo got the ball far down the right wing and made his way Horsfield past and then proceeded lob the ball over Caballero who was rushing out, but the ball bounced out for a goal kick.

In the 84th minute Nasri got off a hard shot that Velaphi almost dropped into his own net, but he managed to steer the ball out to a corner. But one minute later came the class came out and this time it was Nasri who showed it. Unal got the ball to Nasri via a touch and Nasri volleyed it into the net and Manchester City came out victorious.









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Manchester City's Transfer Window So Far

DONE DEALS:

Enes Unal

From Bursaspor
Presumed transfer fee £ 2 million
Position: Forward
(6/7) Enes Unal is an 18 year old Turkish striker who has scored four goals in 37 appearances for Bursaspors the first team. But mostly, he is known for his goal statistic at the youth level. For the Turkish U16 National Team, he has scored 24 goals in 25 matches and in the Turkish youth league he scored 170 goals in 102 matches! Now he is ready for City and probably he will belong to the EDS  team this season or go our on loan to a less competitive league.

David Faupala

From Lens
Presumed Transfer Fee: Free
Position: Forward
(10/7) Faupala is a 18 year old striker from France. He comes to City as a free transfer after his contract with Lens had expired. He has not done anything of note in the Lens first team, but he has been prominent in the youth team. However, he has played well and took a seat in the French U18 national team. The Frenchman will play in the EDS team.

Raheem Sterling

From: Liverpool
Presumed transfer fee £ 44 + 5 million
Position: Attacking Midfield/Winger
(14/7) After a spring of rumors, Sterling is now a City player and his contract runs for five years and he will wear jersey number 7. The price is the highest ever paid for an English player and City have never paid more for a player before. The 20 year old is an English international, so of course he will count as homegrown. Sterling has, despite his young age already been named player of the year at Liverpool twice and last year he won the coveted "Golden Boy" award. Pellegrini is very pleased with the transfer and he says that Sterling is one of the world's best offensive player. Sterling himself seems overjoyed after the transition: "The thing that impresses me most is the world-class level of our squad. We have a team capable of winning year in and year out. The more good players you have around you, the more chance you have to show your own class. Here at City, I have everything I need to reach the next level. ", he said.