Every completed Man City transfer in summer 2025: Signings, exits, loans

Manchester City have flexed their financial muscles without much hesitation in 2025, following up a busy January transfer window with a series of deals early in the summer.

It may have been a disappointing season on the pitch for Man City, who finished third in the 2024-25 Premier League table, but their new director of football Hugo Viana is already at work to reinforce their squad.

City made good use of the first transfer window between June 1 and June 10, signing four players before their involvement at the Club World Cup.

Stick with us through the summer as City’s squad continues to evolve.

Here is a roundup of every signing they have made this summer and every player leaving, at first team and academy level.

Man City signings

James Trafford

• From: Burnley
• Fee: £31m
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Age: 22

Trafford rejoins City from Burnley in a deal which the Clarets say is a new record fee for a British goalkeeper.

City sources say the move is worth £27m plus add-ons. However, Burnley sources put the figure at £31m plus add-ons and a sell-on clause.

That would take the deal above the previous record of £30m which Everton paid Sunderland for Jordan Pickford in 2017.

“Rejoining City is such a special and proud moment both for me and my family,” Trafford said, adding that he was returning to the club “a hundred times better” than the player who left in 2023.

“I always dreamed that one day I would be able to come back to Manchester City.

“This is the place I call home – it’s a truly special football club.

“I am still very young and hungry to keep learning and improving – and I know there is no better environment than Manchester City to help make me become the best goalkeeper I can be.”

Rayan Ait-Nouri

• From: Wolves
• Fee: £31m
• Position: Left-back
• Age: 24

The first signing of the summer for City was announced by the club on June 9, with Ait-Nouri joining in time for their Club World Cup campaign.

Almost five years have passed since Wolves brought him to the Premier League, with the experience he has built up since making him an appealing option for a City squad in need of a natural left-back.

Ait-Nouri signed a five-year contract with City, whose director of football Viana says he is “sure that he will be an excellent addition” to Pep Guardiola’s squad.

While Guardiola’s system is constantly evolving, there seems to be a good chance for Ait-Nouri to become a regular starter at left-back, especially if he does reach the next level that Viana believes he is capable of.

Marcus Bettinelli

• From: Chelsea
• Fee: Nominal
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Age: 33

After serving in a similar role for Chelsea for four years, Bettinelli has plugged a gap as a new third-choice goalkeeper for City.

They paid a nominal fee to free him up from the year of his contract at Stamford Bridge. The expiry date of his City contract will be the same as what it would have been at Chelsea: 2026.

“He’s been in the Premier League for a long time and will bolster what is already a strong goalkeeping unit,” said Viana when Bettinelli was unveiled on June 10.

“His experience and mentality will hopefully complement our other senior goalkeepers while ensuring he’s always ready to perform when called upon himself.”

However, don’t expect him to be called on to play too much unless there are absences ahead of him in the pecking order.

Rayan Cherki

• From: Lyon
• Fee: £30.5m
• Position: Attacking midfielder
• Age: 21

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The release of Kevin De Bruyne at the end of his contract will leave an immense creativity void that City have sought to fill with not just one, but two players.

First of all, they signed Cherki on June 10. The playmaker was operating as a no.10 or winger for Lyon, chipping in with 32 goal contributions from 44 games last season.

Lyon are his boyhood club, so he confessed it would have taken something special to tempt him away. But when City came calling, he knew he’d found the big next step he was waiting for.

“To be joining a club like Manchester City and have the opportunity to make the next step in my career here is something very, very special,” he said in his first interview.

It remains to be seen whether Guardiola will deploy Cherki on the right wing, which was his main role in his last Lyon season, or in the more central position he originally emerged in.

Tijjani Reijnders

• From: AC Milan
• Fee: £46.5m
• Position: Midfielder
• Age: 26

The second step towards replacing De Bruyne was sealed with the purchase of Reijnders from AC Milan, announced on June 11 but agreed in time before the Club World Cup deadline.

Reijnders is emerging from a 15-goal season with an otherwise underwhelming Milan side. He can play in any midfield role, but is best when breaking forward into the box.

“Tijjani adds extra energy, composure and creativity to our midfield and working with Pep and our coaches will only see him go from strength to strength,” said director of football Viana.

Like Cherki and Ait-Nouri, Reijnders’ contract with City will last until 2030.

The Netherlands international has echoed Viana’s forecast by stating his target on a personal level is “to become an even more complete midfielder.”

Mahamadou Sangare

• From: Paris Saint-Germain
• Fee: Free
• Position: Forward
• Age: 18

After registering some high goalscoring numbers for Paris Saint-Germain’s youth sides last season, Sangare is set for a new challenge with City, where he will be on a professional contract but should start out from the Elite Development Squad.

Able to play as a striker or right winger, Sangare’s contract will be valid for five years after City beat competition from around Europe.

Sverre Nypan

• From: Rosenborg
• Fee: £12.5m
• Position: Midfielder
• Age: 18

City swooped in to win the race for coveted Norwegian prospect Nypan, announcing his arrival on July 17.

Nypan has signed a five-year contract in Manchester, stating: “There is already a special connection between Norway and Manchester City through Erling Haaland and Oscar Bobb, and I am very proud to have become the latest Norwegian player to have joined the club.”

At previous club Rosenborg, Nypan registered 14 goals and 11 assists from 70 appearances.

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Man City exits

Yan Couto

• To: Borussia Dortmund
• Fee: £25m
• Position: Right-back
• Age: 23

Couto was a City Football Group project purchase in 2020, spending three of his five years under contract out on loan with sister club Girona.

Last season, though, Couto took on a new challenge by joining Borussia Dortmund on loan for the rest of the season, with an obligation to buy under certain conditions.

It’s been known since October that Dortmund had triggered their obligation to buy Couto, but the move officially goes into this summer’s books.

Couto played 30 times during his loan spell in Germany. Right-back is a position City have been looking to the future with, so the Brazil international could have come in handy, but they clearly feel well stocked enough to cope without him.

Kevin De Bruyne

• To: Napoli
• Fee: Free
• Position: Midfielder
• Age: 33

Undoubtedly the most emotional departure from City this summer is De Bruyne, who could make a strong case for being the club’s greatest ever player.

De Bruyne gave 10 years of service to City after becoming their then-record signing in 2015 from Wolfsburg. There were some famous sceptics at the time after his previous struggles to make the grade at Chelsea, but the Belgian playmaker proved everyone wrong emphatically.

De Bruyne was named the Premier League Player of the Season twice, in 2019-20 and 2021-22. Furthermore, he was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Season in five of his 10 campaigns with the club.

But physical issues have caught up with De Bruyne more recently and the time has come for City to bid him farewell, which they confirmed in early April.

De Bruyne has left City with 422 appearances, 108 goals and 177 assists behind him. He is now completing a move to Serie A champions Napoli as a free agent, eager to prove he can still compete at a high level in European football.

Jacob Wright

• To: Norwich City
• Fee: £2.3m
• Position: Midfielder
• Age: 19

Born in Manchester and in the City academy since 2014, Wright made his first-team debut in an FA Cup game against Huddersfield Town in January 2024 as a substitute.

He earned a Champions League debut as a substitute against Copenhagen a couple of months later, but spent the second half of last season on loan at Norwich City.

The Championship outfit activated their option to buy Wright in May, giving him a four-year contract at Carrow Road.

Kyle Walker

• To: Burnley
• Fee: £5m
• Position: Right-back
• Age: 35

The veteran defender ended his eight-year stay in Manchester after making a switch to join the promoted Clarets.

The right-back completed his medical on July 4 and has signed a two-year contract with Scott Parker’s side, with Walker having spent two years playing alongside the Burnley boss while at Tottenham.

Walker made 15 appearances in the first half of last season for City before joining AC Milan on loan in January, but the Italian club decided not to make his move permanent.

He won 17 trophies during his time at Etihad Stadium and was part of the squad that won the Treble in 2023.

Scott Carson

• To: TBC (Released)
• Fee: Free
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Age: 39

It was back in 2019 that City signed Carson, originally on loan from Derby County, to become their third-choice goalkeeper. After six years in the department, though, the chapter has ended.

Carson only played twice for City – once in the 2020-21 Premier League season and then once in the 2021-22 Champions League campaign – but was valued for his experience as a guide for the team’s more active goalkeepers.

After making his move from Derby permanent in 2021, Carson signed four consecutive one-year contracts, but has now completed his last.

Despite his lack of gametime, he is believed to have earned more than £8.5m in wages during his time on City’s books.

Now 39, Carson hasn’t confirmed if he will be looking for a new club to lend his experience to or retiring.

Kayky

• To: Bahia
• Fee: Undisclosed
• Position: Forward
• Age: 22

Kayky joined City in 2021 from Fluminense and made his debut in January 2022, but only earned one Premier League appearance.

The forward embarked on a series of loan moves away, including two with Bahia, who have kept him on a permanent basis.

Tai Sodje

• To: TBC (Released)
• Fee: Free
• Position: Forward
• Age: 21

Sodje moved from the Sheffield United youth system to City’s in 2015 and signed a professional contract in 2021.

However, the attacker hasn’t had an easy journey towards the first team and has ultimately been released at the end of his contract.

Jayden Lienou

• To: Leeds United
• Fee: Undisclosed
• Position: Left-back
• Age: 17

Part of the City U18 side that won the Premier League North for their age range last season, Lienou has left in order to sign a three-year contract with Leeds United, where he will start out in the academy.

Maximo Perrone

• To: Como
• Fee: £11.3m
• Position: Midfielder
• Age: 22

Perrone spent last season on loan at Como, helping Cesc Fabregas’ side to a 10th-place finish in Serie A.

After making 26 appearances, Perrone has now signed a permanent deal with Como, who have paid City an initial €13m, which could rise to €15m, for his signature.

The Argentine midfielder only made two appearances for City after joining from Velez Sarsfield in January 2023, also having taken in a loan spell with Las Palmas before finding his new home at Como.

Man City loan exits

Juma Bah

• To: Nice
• Length: Season-long
• Position: Centre-back
• Age: 19

After joining City from Valladolid in January, Bah finished last season on loan in Ligue 1 with Lens.

He will be spending the 2025-26 campaign in the French top flight too after completing a season-long switch to Nice, who will be in the Champions League if they get through the qualifying rounds.

“We’ve been following his progress together for some time, and we found him to be a very good performer during his time at Lens,” Florian Maurice, Nice’s sporting director said. “The numbers show this. Juma is a young player with great potential and, importantly, we think he can quickly adapt to the coach’s ideas.”

Divin Mubama

• To: Stoke City
• Length: Season-long
• Position: Striker
• Age: 20

After spending his first season as a City player mainly in the Elite Development Squad, former West Ham striker Mubama has moved into the Championship with Stoke for the 2025-26 season.

Mubama scored on his City debut back in January in the FA Cup, but will now gain vital experience in the second tier.

“Stoke City is a massive club, I’m excited to be here and determined to work hard, score goals and do everything I can to help the team,” said the striker.

Finley Burns

• To: Reading
• Length: Season-long
• Position: Defender
• Age: 22

Burns is still yet to add to his first City appearance from an EFL Cup game back in September 2021.

After loan spells with Swansea City, Stevenage and Hull City, his latest takers are Reading in League One.

“His attitude is second to none and comes from a great calibre of an Academy at City and has grown in stature,” said their manager, Noel Hunt.

Oliver Whatmuff

• To: Rochdale
• Length: Season-long
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Age: 17

A City academy player since under-8s level, Whatmuff has moved to Rochdale in the National League for the full duration of the 2025-26 season.

“I wanted to move into Men’s football – I think I’ll gain a lot of experience,” the England U18 international explained. “Rochdale came in a while ago and it’s been a long process, but I knew straight away that I wanted to be here.”