Manchester City\u2019s recruitment under Pep Guardiola has come with enormous financial outlay. The club\u2019s ten costliest signings in that period have pushed spending to more than \u20ac2 billion and span a decade of transfer activity.<\/p>\n
At the top is Jack Grealish, signed from Aston Villa in 2021 for \u20ac117.5 million. The winger helped City win seven trophies and scored 17 goals in 157 appearances. Jo\u0161ko Gvardiol followed as the second-most expensive arrival, joining from RB Leipzig in 2023 for \u20ac90 million and providing defensive versatility and forward quality.<\/p>\n
Kevin De Bruyne\u2019s \u20ac76 million move from Wolfsburg in 2015 is third on the list. The midfielder is described as a club legend and one of the best to ever play in the Premier League. Close behind is Omar Marmoush, acquired from Frankfurt in 2024\u201325 for \u20ac75 million, a fee that carried high expectations.<\/p>\n
Antoine Semenyo is one of the most recent high-profile additions. The former Bournemouth winger, aged 26, was bought for \u20ac72 million in 2026. R\u00faben Dias and Rodri completed the middle of the table: Dias arrived from Benfica in 2020 for \u20ac71.6 million, and Rodri was signed from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in 2019 for \u20ac70 million. Rodri\u2019s contributions include a Champions League-winning goal against Inter and the 2024 Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n
Riyad Mahrez joined from Leicester City in 2018 for \u20ac67.8 million and supplied moments of wing flair during Guardiola\u2019s early years. Jo\u00e3o Cancelo and Aymeric Laporte round out the top ten, each costing \u20ac65 million. Cancelo is noted for redefining the inverted fullback role, while Laporte\u2019s aerial dominance and composure helped the club secure 13 major trophies.<\/p>\n
Together these ten signings illustrate the scale and priorities of Manchester City\u2019s recruitment under Guardiola: significant fees paid for a mix of attacking and defensive talent that has underpinned sustained success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ranking City\u2019s ten costliest signings under Guardiola, with fees, years and noted achievements. 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,1163],"tags":[801,1064,1047],"class_list":["post-5902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-transfers","tag-antoine-semenyo","tag-ballon-dor-2","tag-champions-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}