Manchester City launched an audacious late switch bid for Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze, in accordance with stories. The difficult 25-year-old was believed to be up for the transfer, however a distinction in valuation noticed Pep Guardiola's facet stroll away from what would have been a bombshell deal.

Eze is now into his fourth season as a Premier League common, having joined Palace from Queens Park Rangers in 2020. Able to play in attacking midfield or off both flank, the England worldwide notched 10 targets final marketing campaign.

The versatility and freedom with which Eze performs is sufficient to have satisfied Guardiola of his high quality. According to The Mirror, City went so far as launching a concrete bid on deadline day, and talks have been 'superior'.

However, Palace refused to return down from their £80million valuation, as City's £60m proposal was deemed inadequate to sanction the last-gasp transfer.

City had already splashed out on winger Jeremy Doku and midfielder Matheus Nunes late within the window. An component of thriller due to this fact stays as to the place Eze would have match into Guardiola's plans, though the reigning Premier League champions might but come again in for the Palace man in January.

The raft of recent signings have given City loads of choices, however a number of high-profile departures from the Etihad Stadium additionally unfolded over the course of the window.

To identify a number of; Ilkay Gundogan and Joao Cancelo joined Barcelona, Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte each headed to Saudi Arabia, James McAtee went to Sheffield United on mortgage and Cole Palmer made a shock transfer to Chelsea.

A revamped squad did not do City any hurt on Saturday, nevertheless, as they thumped Fulham 5-1 on the Etihad with Guardiola watching on from house, having just lately undergone again surgical procedure. Against the Cottagers, Erling Haaland was again to his previous tips as he notched a second-half hat-trick.

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring for the hosts, whereas Nathan Ake was additionally amongst the targets, though his highly effective header was a supply of controversy as a consequence of Manuel Akanji standing in an offside place.

"I think it was offside," Haaland admitted to beIN Sports after the sport. "I feel bad for [Fulham]. I would be fuming if I was them. It must be a horrible feeling."