Manchester City could be prepared to make a truly enormous loss by selling one of their key players this summer.
There will be a huge turnover of players at Manchester City this summer, with Pep Guardiola plotting a big squad overhaul.
The Man City manager could oversee the exits of numerous key players from The Etihad.
Around eight players are expected to leave Manchester City in the summer transfer window.
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Having spent heavily in the January window, Pep will need to raise some serious funds this summer.
And one player in particular seems to be almost a dead cert for the exit door.
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Man City could make their biggest loss of all time by selling Jack Grealish
Jack Grealish joined Manchester City from Aston Villa in the summer of 2021 for around £100 million (BBC).
However, he has failed to live up to expectations since moving to The Etihad, aside from the 2022/23 season.
And now he could be moved on to AC Milan.
That’s no surprise really, but the fee that Man City are prepared to sell him for certainly will raise some eyebrows.
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TV Play out in Italy claim that Grealish could join Milan in a £33 million deal. That would represent an astronomical loss of £67 million for City.
Jack Grealish is said to actually be very happy at Manchester City, but he seemingly could be forced out the door.
The 29-year-old would then become Man City’s biggest loss-maker in history.
Even if Kevin De Bruyne leaves on a free transfer this summer, that would represent a loss of £55 million.
Manchester City’s five biggest transfer losses of all-time
Grealish will certainly not be the first big loss City have made by selling a player.
Here are the biggest five losses ever made by the Cityzens:
Player Loss
Benjamin Mendy £52 million
Eliaquim Mangala £42 million
Sergio Aguero £38 million
Aymeric Laporte £34 million
Riyad Mahrez £30 million
Man City’s biggest losses on player sales of all-time
It’s clear to see from that table above that Man City have made some terrible decisions in the transfer market over the past few years.
However, it’s impossible to ignore some of the success that the bottom three names on that list helped bring to The Etihad.
Also, Manchester City have made some huge profits on player sales as well.
Julian Alvarez, Ferran Torres, Gabriel Jesus and Cole Palmer are all great examples of that.
So in fairness to Pep Guardiola, he’s probably had more hits than he’s had misses in the transfer market at Manchester City.