It looked like Manchester City had the summer transfer window well under control when they signed Bernardo Silva from Monaco in May. The season had been over for less than a week and Pep Guardiola had already secured one of his reinforcements for August -- and it was looking better when, in early June, the club confirmed goalkeeper Ederson had joined from Benfica, too.
City also made their other intentions clear. New full-backs have been a requirement for some time, but with other areas of the team to address it was pushed onto the back burner during the 2015 and 2016 summer windows.