Enzo Maresca's Man City mass exodus set to continue as talks opened for another sale

Enzo Maresca's Manchester City clear-out looks set to continue after it emerged that talks have begun over another departure.

It's been a huge summer of change at City, with Maresca replacing the club's greatest manager in Pep Guardiola after he ended his glittering 10-year run at the Etihad Stadium.

City also lost club legends Bernardo Silva and John Stones, who have signed for Real Madrid and Inter Milan respectively following their contracts expiring.

Tijjani Reijnders is moving on to Al Qadsiah in Saudi Arabia for £52 million after just one season.

To add insult to injury, midfield maestro Rodri has officially signed for Barcelona in a £65.4 million switch in a huge blow to City's Premier League title chances

City's only significant addition has been the club-record £116 million addition of Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest, though they have also re-signed back-up goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli on a two-year contract.

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They look a little light in midfield and yet surprisingly, David Ornstein of The Athletic is reporting that Nico Gonzalez could also be on the move.

According to the report, Newcastle have opened talks to sign the Barcelona academy product.

The Magpies are desperate for a new midfielder after selling both Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes to Spurs and Arsenal respectively for a combined total of £185 million.

It's said that there are "exploratory conversations" about Gonzalez, who joined City from Porto for a fee of £52 million on the final day of the January transfer window in 2025.

Gonzalez was signed when City had huge midfield problems following on from Rodri's ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury at the start of the 2024/25 campaign.

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Gonzalez has gone on to play 59 times for City and scored the winning goal in the FA Cup semi-final victory over Southampton last term.

However, he found himself out of the squad in the final stretch of the season - starting just two games after January.

There was the feeling that appointment of Maresca could change his situation and give him a new lease of life but it appears as though Gonzalez is behind Mateo Kovacic, who started the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

The Spain Under 21 international came off the bench to play 11 minutes at the Principality Stadium.

Gonzalez comes from the Barcelona school of 'La Masia' and has qualities akin to both Rodri and Sergio Busquets.

However, his game changed at Porto where he became more of a box-to-box midfielder who used his physicality well.

The 24-year-old still has a contract which runs until 2029 and has not pushed for a move.

In fact, at the start of the month City's No.14 stressed that he wants to stay with City and had no issue with his reduction in minutes given the competition for places.

Speaking after a friendly win over K-League All Stars in Seoul, South Korea, Gonzalez admitted: “I’m happy here.

“I don’t want to leave and I think the club wants me to stay. I haven’t seen anything, but I’m happy here.

“I don’t think any player has the position guaranteed for all the matches. Everyone has to work hard. We are one of the best teams in the world and obviously there is competition in every position. That is what makes us be in the position that we are, winning so many Premier Leagues and competing for everything.”

City are said to be closing in on a £85 million deal for Lille and Morocco wonderkid Ayyoub Bouaddi, who is just 18.