{"id":640247,"date":"2024-05-27T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640247"},"modified":"2024-05-27T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T14:20:23","slug":"man-city-de-bruyne-silva-ederson-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/27\/man-city-de-bruyne-silva-ederson-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Could Sell Starting Trio in Massive Summer \u2018Shake-Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City could reportedly sell Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, and Ederson ahead of the next season. The Citizens are expected to consider offers for several crucial stars this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester City Prepare Summer Overhaul With Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva Decisions<\/h2>\n<h3>History Makers<\/h3>\n<p>The Citizens claimed the 2023\/24 Premier League title by beating Arsenal in a close race that dragged on until the final day of the season. They became the first team in English men&#8217;s football history to win four top-flight trophies in a row.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/25\/barcelona-xavi-hansi-flick-appointment\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona Replace Xavi With \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Sextuple Winner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past few seasons, City have added a number of crucial players to their ranks. The likes of Erling Haaland, Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez have quickly found their place in Pep Guardiola\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Citizens have still retained the core elements of their squad, rejecting lucrative offers for some of their experienced stars. As Guardiola\u2019s era at Etihad allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-13461777\/Pep-Guardiola-set-LEAVE-Man-City-end-season-despite-club-wanting-stay-looks-shape-squad-one-time-FA-Cup-final-defeat.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">draws to an end<\/a>, the club seems more open to allowing departures this summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Updates on Silva, Ederson, and De Bruyne<\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/b373a231-7607-43eb-a208-4b6ff4278c82?shareToken=d88d0581ae4675545f73302955d9c167\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Times<\/a>, City have put a \u00a350 million price tag on Silva, with Paris Saint-Germain showing interest in signing the Portuguese winger. Barcelona have been linked with Silva before, but they are unlikely to come forward with an offer due to their financial problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/25\/chelsea-manager-search-enzo-maresca\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Enter Talks With League-Winning Manager<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another major exit in City\u2019s squad \u2018shake-up\u2019 could be that of De Bruyne, who is linked with a move to Saudi Arabia. The Belgian international is not, however, against discussing a potential contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson is still two years away from the end of his current deal at Etihad. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1792854632303145160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> believes the Brazilian goalkeeper could leave if the club receive a suitable offer this summer. Saudi Pro League giants Al-Ittihad are reported to be interested in signing him.<\/p>\n<h3>Summer Targets<\/h3>\n<p>City have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/feb\/05\/manchester-city-agree-deal-savio-girona-troyes-cfg-transfer-news\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">completed<\/a> a \u00a343 million move for Brazilian winger <strong>Savio<\/strong> from Troyes. The 20-year-old\u2019s arrival will provide more competition for the likes of Jack Grealish and Phil Foden for a starting spot ahead of the next season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/24\/harry-maguire-england-manchester-united-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">England Handed Fresh Injury Concern After Latest Erik Ten Hag Update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Citizens are also expected to add a new winger to their ranks in the upcoming transfer window. As long admirers of West Ham\u2019s <strong>Lucas Paqueta<\/strong>, City were shocked to find out the 26-year-old is facing serious betting accusations earlier this month. Another target is <strong>Bruno Guimaraes<\/strong>, who is reported to have a \u00a3100 million release clause in his Newcastle contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City could reportedly sell Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, and Ederson ahead of the next season. The Citizens are expected to consider offers for several crucial stars this summer. Manchester City Prepare Summer Overhaul With Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva Decisions History Makers The Citizens claimed the 2023\/24 Premier League title by beating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":637985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,7188],"tags":[963,2880,471],"class_list":["post-640247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-bernardo-silva","tag-ederson","tag-kevin-de-bruyne"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}