Manchester City fans have become a little spoilt by the shopping spree of the past ten years.

It has reached the point where the club record signing of a Spain international midfielder is met with a shrug of the shoulders and a cry of “Next!”

Those fans had better get used to summers of squad tweaks, with none of the mass imports which have characterised the last 10 years.

For the second successive summer the Blues have broken their club record for a transfer fee, shelling out over £62m for Rodri after last summer’s £60million outlay on Riyad Mahrez.

Of course, football director Txiki Begiristain has not packed away his mobile phone just yet, with City still looking to bring in a centre back and another month to go until the window shuts on August 8.

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But there is complete stalemate surrounding Harry Maguire, with Leicester turning down Manchester United’s £70m opening gambit last week.

That is already above what City are prepared to pay, so they are not even active in the pursuit.

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The unknown factor is what Maguire himself wants – that could become clearer when he returns to training by linking up with the Foxes squad’s pre-season camp in France.

He is expected to sit down with manager Brendan Rodgers to discuss his future, but the England defender is known to want to play in the Champions League, which could be City’s trump card.

Maguire has a contract with Leicester until 2023 but it is always difficult to stop a player who has made up his mind to go.

Leicester found that with Mahrez last summer, when their £95m valuation when City tried to sign him in January plummeted to £60m when they went back for him in the summer.

Whether Maguire feels strongly enough to agitate for a move, as Mahrez did, remains to be seen, and how strong his alleged preference for City as his destination is, will also become apparent.

But the simple fact is that City will walk away rather than exceed their budget – and if they do not land Maguire, they are more likely to retain Nicolas Otamendi.

That would leave them with three front-line centre backs, while Rodri’s arrival would free up Fernandinho as a fourth, and Eric Garcia is another name in the mix.

Those are the only two positions City were intent on addressing this summer, with any other business dependent on outgoing players.

They have also brought back Angelino for a snip £5m fee to provide back-up and competition for Benjamin Mendy and Aleks Zinchenko.

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That was an opportunist grab, once concerns grew that Mendy, after he had surgery on his latest knee problem in May, may not be ready for the start of the season.

The only other position likely to see movement is right back, where Danilo has been told he can leave if a club comes up with a sufficient offer.

His agent has been busy trying to find an exit route, and there has been talk of him being included in a player-plus-cash deal for Juventus star Joao Cancelo.

The Portugal right back is very much in the City mould and would be high on the list of replacements should Danilo go.

But any deal is entirely conditional on Brazil international Danilo leaving, two years on from his £26.5m switch from Real Madrid.

Naturally City have also been linked with a long list of exciting attacking players, with Joao Felix, Bruno Fernandes and Isco all popping up.

Much of that is predicated on the uncertainty surrounding Leroy Sane, who has yet to sign a new City contract, with two years left on his current deal, and City conscious that his market value will plummet next summer if they either do not tie him up or sell him this summer.

Sane is due back in training this week, with Bayern Munich persistently making noises about wanting him as a replacement for Franck Ribery.

City are unmoved, and appear reasonably confident that the Germany winger will sign, especially as he is also lined up for a lucrative tie-up with the Blues’ new kit providers PUMA.

His international teammate Ilkay Gundogan is also playing hard-ball over a new deal, as his current contract expires next summer.

But City are in no rush. They feel Gundogan will sign, as he is unlikely to get a better offer elsewhere, and even if he runs down his contract and leaves for free at the end of next season, they feel the £20m investment will have been a good one.

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Other than that, City are tying up loose ends – Aro Muric will join Nottingham Forest on a season’s loan this week, and defender Philippe Sandler is expected to link up with Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht in another temporary transfer.

The only other signing has been US goalkeeper Zack Steffen, for £7.2m from Columbus Crew.

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But he is very much a City Football Group (CFG) signing, and is expected to be loaned out, possibly to one of the Blues’ sister clubs.

These signings are about seeing how the player develops and then either finding an appropriate place within the CFG, or selling on for a profit, as they did with Aaron Mooy.