At last, Manchester City now finally look set to hand Pep Guardiola a player he wanted to sign back in 2020

Manchester City are a thorough club when it comes to recruitment.

Unlike rivals Manchester United, who seem quite reactionary in this respect, often lazily signing the headline name at the time such as Rasmus Hojlund, Antony, Harry Maguire and Paul Pogba with little regard for how they would fit into the team, Manchester City act differently.

Txiki Begiristain pieced together many a cog during his time as Director of Football, keeping the spine of the side fresh as Ederson replaced Joe Hart,…