Man City transfer news today: Done deals, live updates and rumours - August 5

Hello and invited to Sports Mole's unrecorded Manchester City transportation quality blog connected Wednesday, August 5!

Stay up to day with each of the latest developments surrounding the incomings and outgoings astatine the Etihad Stadium, wherever Pep Guardiola’s erstwhile protege Enzo Maresca readies his squad for his maiden Premier League run successful the Sky Blues hotseat.

Today's Man City transportation headlines

Man City marque nonstop attack for Chelsea's Pedro Neto

Man City marque archetypal bid for James Trafford replacement

Man City transportation quality today: What's happening connected August 5?

City's transportation enactment accelerated connected Tuesday with 2 notable developments, the archetypal being a ceremonial opening bid submitted to Marseille for goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli, who played 73 games for the French nine having joined permanently from Ajax successful August 2024.

The 34-year-old Argentina planetary was an unused squad subordinate passim the World Cup 2026 last tally and is believed to beryllium City's preferred replacement for James Trafford, who is closing successful connected a £45m determination to Leeds United.

Further up the field, City made nonstop interaction with the entourage of Chelsea's Pedro Neto implicit a imaginable determination that would reunite the Portuguese winger with Enzo Maresca, with the Blues' valuation said to beryllium the cardinal adaptable that volition find whether City's involvement translates into a ceremonial bid.

Neto scored 9 goals and provided 9 assists successful 51 appearances for Maresca during the 2024-25 play earlier the Italian's departure from Stamford Bridge, and the City manager is understood to presumption the 26-year-old arsenic a low-risk enactment fixed his elaborate cognition of the player.

Tottenham Hotspur stay the astir contiguous contention for Neto's signature, having identified him arsenic an alternate to Savinho, whose departure from the Etihad to Spurs is yet to beryllium formalised.

Mateo Kovacic addressed his ain City aboriginal pursuing caller suggestions astir his role, portion different midfielder - Tijjani Reijnders - has seemingly emerged arsenic a £55m Elliot Anderson replacement for Nottingham Forest.

The Ayyoub Bouaddi negotiations with Lille proceed successful the background, with idiosyncratic presumption believed to beryllium successful spot but the club-to-club talks inactive yet to resoluteness astir the French side's asking price.