One in, one out
It took less than a year for Tijjani Reijnders' time at the Etihad to run its course. City have agreed to sell the Dutch midfielder to Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah for around £52m, with reports suggesting a deal is now in place.
It represents a tidy piece of business for the Blues. Reijnders arrived from AC Milan last summer for roughly £46m, meaning the reported fee edges above City's initial outlay. Not bad for a player who was never quite able to cement himself as a first-choice option.
A season of two halves
The 28-year-old made 50 appearances during his debut campaign, scoring seven goals and providing eight assists. Those are respectable numbers for a midfielder, but his influence waned as the season wore on. By the second half of the campaign, his importance to the side had diminished noticeably.
That decline in relevance perhaps explains why the club were willing to listen to offers so soon after his arrival.
Midfield shuffle continues
The Reijnders departure is far from the only movement in City's engine room this summer. Elliot Anderson has already arrived for a club-record fee, while the club remain keen on Lille's Ayyoub Bouaddi. All the while, the uncertainty around Rodri persists, with Barcelona circling.
There is also the Enzo Fernández situation. Chelsea have reportedly given City until 5pm on Friday to submit a bid matching their £120m valuation of the Argentina international.
Al-Qadsiah, for their part, had been in advanced talks with City on Thursday, though no agreement was in place at that stage. That has now changed, and Reijnders will soon be plying his trade in the Gulf.