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Manchester City Spending Pushes Transfer Prices Up Across Clubs

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC · How we work

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Manchester City’s high spending power reshaped the transfer market and pushed prices upward for other clubs.
Wolfsburg signed Julian Draxler for half the fee Manchester City paid for Kevin De Bruyne in 2016.
After losing De Bruyne, Wolfsburg fell from second to eighth in the Bundesliga and narrowly avoided relegation for two seasons.
Monaco signed Terence Kongolo and Keita Balde after selling Benjamin Mendy and Bernardo Silva to Manchester City, but the signings failed.

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Manchester City’s high spending power reshaped the transfer market and pushed prices upward for other clubs.
Wolfsburg signed Julian Draxler for half the fee Manchester City paid for Kevin De Bruyne in 2016.
After losing De Bruyne, Wolfsburg fell from second to eighth in the Bundesliga and narrowly avoided relegation for two seasons.
Monaco signed Terence Kongolo and Keita Balde after selling Benjamin Mendy and Bernardo Silva to Manchester City, but the signings failed.