£50k-a-week Man City player could leave the Etihad in the next few days

£50k-a-week Man City player could leave the Etihad in the next few days

The transfer window may be shut in England but that doesn’t mean players still can’t leave Manchester City.

 

It was a typically quiet January on the transfer front for City with the only key move seeing Kalvin Phillips depart the Etihad after an unsuccessful 18 months.

 

The defensive-midfielder has joined West Ham United loan for the rest of the season in a bid to play regular football ahead of Euro 2024.

 

Another player could still follow Phillips out of the door is Sergio Gomez. The defender also arrived in the summer of 2022 and has suffered a similar lack of action.

 

City paid £15m to sign the promising Spaniard from Anderlecht as an alternative replacement for Aleks Zinchenko after pulling out of a move for Marc Cucurella.

 

But Gomez has rarely featured since his move and has spent just 361 minutes on the pitch so far this season, leading to speculation he could depart.

 

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Sergio Gomez in action for Manchester City.

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According to fotoMac, Galatasaray ‘wants to sign’ Gomez before the deadline to reinforce their left back options following the departure of former City man Angelino.

 

The Turkish transfer window is open until February 9, giving Super Lig clubs more time to get business done.

 

It’s reported Gomez is ‘making plans’ to leave City as he wants more regular action and that he fits the profile of manager Okan Buruk.

 

Should City allow another squad member to leave?

Gomez is low on the City pecking order but it could still be a risk to let him go at this stage in the season.

 

Pep Guardiola has a small squad by design but the drawback to that is that it only takes a couple of injuries for City to be left very short. Something they’ve experienced several times.

 

Having already allowed Phillips to leave without replacing him, it may not be wise to let another player to depart when City won’t be able to even try and bring someone in.

 

Having said that, a loan could do Gomez a lot of good personally. It’s not reported what sort of deal Galatasaray are looking for but it would make sense for City to allow him to leave temporarily to get some experience.

 

Gomez does have potential and it might be hasty to sell him off so soon.