City's squad is well-stocked in the wide areas, with Lauren Hemp, Kerolin, Mary Fowler, Aoba Fujino and Iman Beney all on their books. However, the club will compete in the Champions League next season, increasing the demands on a squad that will need to be deeper to cope with as much. Adding Mead would help in that regard, while also freeing up the likes of Kerolin and Fowler to play more centrally at times, as they can.
McCabe, meanwhile, would make a lot of sense as a summer signing because City are crying out for a left-back. Leila Ouahabi has fallen increasingly out of favour in the position, despite being a natural there, with head coach Andree Jeglertz instead deploying Alex Greenwood there, to varying degrees of success. The England international is much better centrally and adding a top quality left-back like McCabe would allow her to return to that position.