"Manchester City": Khusanov will play here now...

Manchester City, which suffered a major crisis in the first half of the current championship, has begun to make serious changes to its composition ahead of the next season.

In this process, Josep Guardiola considered it the most correct solution to the issue to abandon the experienced performers who have served the club for several years, but are getting older, and replace them with representatives of the new generation.

The cityxtra.co.uk portal, one of the authoritative sources of English football, drew attention to the generational change taking place in the composition of Manchester City.

- In an attempt to address the problems that had accumulated in the team, the “City” made rapid moves during the winter transfer window, adding Abdukоdir Khusanov from “Lens”, Vitor Reis from “Palmeiras”, Umar Marmush from “Eintracht” and Nico Gonzalez from “Porto” for a short period of time of 181.5 million pounds.

Since August, the team's main defenders Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Diaz and John Stones have spent a lot of time recovering from injuries, strengthening their health and restoring their physical condition, which has caused the team to face major problems.

The central defenders who arrived in January - Abdukоdir Khusanov and Vitor Reis - have begun to solve the team's problems. In particular, the Uzbek defender has become an integral part of Josep Guardiola's team.

The club will soon have a new sporting director, Hugo Viana, who is expected to make significant changes to the starting lineup with his arrival. The club is already looking to offload some players.

According to several sources, the “city” has offered Manuel Akanji, who plays in the same position as Abdukоdir Khusanov, to Real Madrid, taking into account the successful transfer of Abdukоdir Khusanov.

Although the Swiss central defender, who will turn 30 at the end of the season, has two more years of contract with Manchester United, the club’s management is ready to transfer Akanji in the summer. If Akanji suits the Madrid super club, which is determined to renew its defense, Manchester United will support his departure, writes the cityxtra.co.uk portal.

According to the source, Pep Guardiola is also ready to part ways with Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Ederson and Bernardo Silva, who have been the core of the team for several years. In particular, the future of central defenders Nathan Ake and John Stones, like Manuel Akanji, is uncertain. These players have not been able to reach a high level of physical condition and training in the past 18 months.

According to Guardiola, who is used to working long-term, only 28-year-old Ruben Diaz should remain among the experienced defenders alongside Abukоdir Khusanov and Vitor Reis. The Spanish coach believes that this player has not yet reached his peak and will continue to grow, in turn, helping new young defenders.

According to experts on transfers, the officials of "Manchester City" plan to direct the funds from the sale of experienced players in the process of updating the team to acquire talented young players in the summer. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”