Top 10 Manchester City signings of the decade (2010-2019)

#8 Ederson

Ederson has been an exemplary asset in goal at the Etihad.

For a swashbuckling attacking side like Manchester City, a stable defensive base must be established to extract as much potential as possible from the forwards. A good goalkeeper is naturally a prerequisite.

There are not many shot-stoppers in world football today who can match up to Manchester City's Ederson Moraes.

The Brazilian signed up as Manchester City's goalkeeper from Benfica in 2017 and hasn't looked back since. A simple glance at Ederson with the ball at his feet and it is evident that he fits Pep Guardiola's bill of an ideal goalkeeper perfectly.

The Catalan's tactics require his goalkeepers to be incredibly adept at playing the ball out from the back, and Ederson's skills go a step further. Joe Hart was an excellent shot-stopper but was unable to live up to Guardiola's expectations and could not to adapt to the new manager's philosophy.

Ederson, on the other hand, can not only pass the ball under pressure with consummate ease but also has the uncanny ability to pick out the likes of Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling on the field with pinpoint accuracy. Moves such as these indicate Manchester City's ability to involve the entire team in an offensive move and often have devastating results for the opposition.

At 26 years of age, Ederson is reaching his prime and is already one of the best in the world at the art of goalkeeping. Finding an excellent shot-stopper is a recurring headache for most clubs, but Manchester City seems to have solved that problem for the next decade at the very least.