👋 Five players Man City should sell this summer | OneFootball

After winning three trophies and collecting 98 Premier League points in 2018/19, champions Manchester City don’t have much work to do on their squad this summer.

But there is a bit of deadwood to clear, and here’s who we think Pep Guardiola should be getting rid of …

Eliaquim Mangala

Yep, he really is still there and for reasons which are still not clear, Mangala even signed a one year extension to his contract in March despite the fact he didn’t make a single appearance in 2018/19.

The player City spent a reported £42m on in 2014 has been a total flop and it’s time to go, even if it means losing him for nothing.

Claudio Bravo

The Chilean goalkeeper missed pretty much the entire 2018/19 season through injury, but his team didn’t exactly miss him.

Aro Muric deputised excellently and the 20-year-old already looks a more assured presence between the sticks than Bravo.

But what might spare the veteran shot-stopper from the axe this summer is that Guardiola is reportedly keen so send Muric out on loan to get more first-team experience.

Fabian Delph

Delph was an excellent stand-in for the injured Benjamin Mendy as City romped to the title in 2017/18 but the 29-year-old didn’t hit anywhere near the same heights last season.

Alex Zinchenko has now taken the England international’s mantle as City’s makeshift left-back and with Mendy hoping to be finally over his injury woes in 2019/20, Delph sadly appears to be surplus to requirements at the Etihad Stadium.

Danilo

Since joining from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017, Danilo has failed to usurp Kyle Walker from the right-back spot on a regular basis and last season, the Brazilian made just 11 Premier League appearances and only 22 in all competitions.

He’d probably be more than welcome to stick around and play a bit-part role in the squad, but he’s probably better off going somewhere he’s likely to play more often.

Nicolás Otamendi

Otamendi has steadily improved since Guardiola took the reins at City and the Argentine was particularly excellent in the 2017/18 season.

But like Danilo, he found first-team opportunities harder to come by last term and that situation is unlikely to improve next season.

It’s probably time the 31-year-old sought pastures new, and City went shopping for a replacement.