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Manchester City transfers from 2009/10 to today — reported fees, selling clubs, record deals and the key dates in the Premier League case.
The Premier League allegations are disputed by Manchester City. Transfers are shown as chronology; inclusion does not imply that any individual deal was improperly funded or caused by an alleged breach.
£2.86bnApprox. reported transfer spend
111Incoming senior transfers
40From English clubs
15Notable record deals
Season totals use reported fees and are approximate. Undisclosed fees, add-ons and player-exchange values mean figures should not be read as audited accounting totals.
2009/10–2017/18
Period covered by alleged inaccurate financial-information breaches.
From December 2018
Period covered by alleged failures to cooperate with the Premier League investigation.
6 February 2023
Premier League announces the referral of alleged breaches to an independent Commission.
Season
2009/10
Reported spend£125.5m
Roque Santa Cruz
Blackburn Rovers
£18mStuart Taylor
freeCarlos Tevez
Manchester United / third-party registration contextHigh-profile move from Manchester rival; registration involved third parties
reported £25.5mEmmanuel Adebayor
£25mKolo Toure
£16mSylvinho
Barcelona
freeJoleon Lescott
£22mPatrick Vieira
Inter
freeAdam Johnson
Middlesbrough
reported £7mMarton Fulop
loanSeason
2010/11
Reported spend£143.4m
Jerome Boateng
Hamburg
reported £10.4mYaya Toure
Barcelona
reported £24mDavid Silva
Valencia
reported £24mAleksandar Kolarov
Lazio
reported £16mMario Balotelli
Inter
reported £24mJames Milner
Aston VillaPlayer exchanged as part of deal
reported £18m plus Stephen IrelandEdin Dzeko
Wolfsburg
reported £27mSeason
2011/12
Reported spend£73m
Gael Clichy
reported £7mStefan Savic
Partizan
reported £6mSergio AgueroCity club-record fee at the time
Atletico Madrid
reported £35mSamir Nasri
reported £25mOwen Hargreaves
freeCostel Pantilimon
Politehnica TimisoaraLater signed permanently
loanDavid Pizarro
Roma
loanSeason
2012/13
Reported spend£52m
Jack Rodwell
reported £12mScott Sinclair
Swansea City
reported £6.2mMaicon
Inter
reported £3mJavi Garcia
Benfica
reported £15.8mMatija Nastasic
FiorentinaPlayer exchanged as part of deal
reported £12m plus Stefan SavicRichard Wright
Preston North End
freeCostel Pantilimon
Politehnica TimisoaraFollowing earlier loan
reported £3mSeason
2013/14
Reported spend£91.1m
Fernandinho
Shakhtar Donetsk
reported £30mJesus Navas
Sevilla
reported £14.9mAlvaro Negredo
Sevilla
reported £20mStevan Jovetic
Fiorentina
reported £22mMartin Demichelis
Atletico Madrid
reported £4.2mSeason
2014/15
Reported spend£75m
Fernando
Porto
reported £12mWilly Caballero
Malaga
reported £6mBacary Sagna
freeEliaquim Mangala
Porto
reported £32mFrank Lampard
New York City FCRegistration arrangement
loanWilfried Bony
Swansea CityPotential add-ons excluded from sum
reported £25m rising to ~£28mSeason
2015/16
Reported spend£149m
Raheem SterlingMost expensive English player at the time
LiverpoolPotential add-ons excluded from sum
reported £44m rising to £49mFabian Delph
reported £8mPatrick Roberts
Fulham
reported £11mNicolas Otamendi
Valencia
reported £32mKevin De BruyneCity club-record fee at the time
Wolfsburg
reported £54mSeason
2016/17
Reported spend£162.4m
Ilkay Gundogan
Borussia Dortmund
reported £20mNolito
Celta Vigo
reported £13.8mOleksandr Zinchenko
Ufa
reported £1.7mLeroy Sane
Schalke
reported £37mJohn StonesMost expensive English defender at the time
reported £47.5mClaudio Bravo
Barcelona
reported £15.4mGabriel Jesus
PalmeirasJoined January 2017
reported £27mSeason
2017/18
Reported spend£263.5m
Bernardo Silva
Monaco
reported £43mEderson
Benfica
reported £35mKyle WalkerWorld-record fee for a defender at the time
reported £50mDanilo
Real Madrid
reported £26.5mBenjamin MendyWorld-record defender fee at the time
Monaco
reported £52mAymeric LaporteCity club-record fee at the time
Athletic Club
reported £57mSeason
2018/19
Reported spend£68.6m
Riyad MahrezCity club-record fee at the time
£60mPhilippe Sandler
PEC Zwolle
reported £2.6mAnte Palaversa
Hajduk Split
reported £6mSeason
2019/20
Reported spend£146.1m
RodriCity club-record fee at the time
Atletico Madrid
reported £62.8mJoao Cancelo
JuventusPlayer exchanged as part of deal
reported £60m in deal involving DaniloAngelino
PSV
reported £5.3m buy-backPedro Porro
Girona
reported £11mZack Steffen
Columbus Crew
reported £7mScott Carson
Derby County
loanSeason
2020/21
Reported spend£123.4m
Ruben Dias
Benfica
reported £61.6mNathan Ake
AFC Bournemouth
reported £41mFerran Torres
Valencia
reported £20.8mSeason
2021/22
Reported spend£114m
Jack GrealishBritish transfer and City club record at the time
£100mScott Carson
Derby County
freeJulian Alvarez
River PlateSigned January 2022; remained on loan until summer
reported £14mSeason
2022/23
Reported spend£127.2m
Erling Haaland
Borussia Dortmund
reported £51.2m release clauseKalvin Phillips
Leeds UnitedPotential add-ons excluded from sum
reported £42m rising to £45mStefan Ortega
Arminia Bielefeld
freeSergio Gomez
Anderlecht
reported £11mManuel Akanji
Borussia Dortmund
reported £15mMaximo Perrone
Velez Sarsfield
reported £8mSeason
2023/24
Reported spend£223.6m
Mateo Kovacic
ChelseaPotential add-ons excluded from sum
reported £25m plus £5m add-onsJosko Gvardiol
RB LeipzigAmong the most expensive defenders
reported £77.6mJeremy Doku
Rennes
reported £55.5mMatheus Nunes
Wolverhampton Wanderers
reported £53mClaudio Echeverri
River PlateRemained at River temporarily; arrival not counted again
reported £12.5m plus add-onsSeason
2024/25
Reported spend£203m
Savinho
Troyes
reported £30.8mIlkay Gundogan
Barcelona
freeOmar Marmoush
Eintracht Frankfurt
reported ~£59m plus add-onsAbdukodir Khusanov
LensFirst Uzbekistan international to play in Premier League
reported ~£33.6mVitor Reis
Palmeiras
reported ~£29.6mNico Gonzalez
Porto
reported ~£50mSeason
2025/26
Reported spend£265.6m
Rayan Ait-Nouri
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£31mMarcus Bettinelli
undisclosedRayan Cherki
Lyon
reported £30.45mTijjani Reijnders
AC Milan
reported £46.5m initialSverre Nypan
Rosenborg
reported £12.5mJames TraffordRecord fee for a British goalkeeper at the time
Burnley
reported £27m; deal worth £31mGianluigi Donnarumma
PSG
reported £26mAntoine SemenyoBournemouth club-record sale
AFC Bournemouth
reported ~£65mMarc Guehi
Crystal Palace
reported £20m initialSeason
2026/27
Reported spend£457.5m
Elliot AndersonMost expensive British player at the time
Nottingham Forest
£116mJeremy Monga
£10m plus add-onsPierce Charles
Sheffield WednesdayImmediately loaned to QPR
£3mGeronimo Rulli
Marseille
reported £1.7mAyyoub BouaddiMost expensive teenage signing in Premier League history
Lille
£81.3m + £4.3m add-ons / up to £86mAllan Elias
Palmeiras
£34mIliman Ndiaye
£60m + £5m add-onsEnzo FernandezJoint British transfer record
£125mMathys Detourbet
Troyes
undisclosedReported transfer fees vary by source and may include or exclude add-ons. The register records contemporary reported fees rather than audited accounting values. Repeated arrivals after an earlier purchase are not counted twice.
The legal markers follow the Premier League charge notice . The allegations are disputed by Manchester City.
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