Five players who went for too much money this summer

#3 Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City to Manchester City)

Mahrez had four successful Premier League seasons with Leicester

In the era of greatly inflated transfer fees, this doesn’t look too bad at £60 million. However, the issue for Manchester City is that they have paid their record fee for a man who isn’t better than what they have already got. We saw last season the incredible arsenal of talent City had in attacking areas, and Mahrez will really struggle to break into the starting XI.

It would be a massive shock to see Pep Guardiola’s first choice midfield three of David Silva, Fernandinho and Kevin de Bruyne change, given that the three were superb last season. The two wingers, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane excelled under Guardiola’s management, and they look like they can only get better. Mahrez does add depth to City’s squad, but he isn’t good enough to replace any of those men, so he may be used in a more rotational role, but he is unlikely to be used in the more important matches.