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Marcus Banks

Man City fans send transfer deadline day message to club

Manchester City fans want Pep Guardiola to add at least one more player to his squad on the final day of the summer transfer window.

The window slams shut at 5pm on August 8 with the Premier League season set to kick off on Friday - City open their campaign against West Ham on Saturday August 10.

City have signed three players so far as they look to secure their third consecutive league title - bringing in Rodri from Atletico Madrid, Angelino from PSV Eindhoven as well as landing Joao Cancelo from Juventus.

Surprisingly, the club are also expected to complete the loan signing of Scott Carson from Derby County as back up for Ederson and Claudio Bravo.

Despite their business so far, City fans believe that Guardiola should make at least one more signing before the deadline, with some fans still unconvinced that there is enough depth at centre-back following the departure of Vincent Kompany.

MEN Sport asked fans on Twitter how many players City should look to sign on deadline day and 45 per cent think that one more addition would be ideal for the Citizens.

Among the replies were calls for the champions to sign Benfica defender Ruben Dias as well as Bournemouth's Nathan Ake.

With the future of Leroy Sane still unclear, there were even calls to make a shock move for Barcelona winger Philippe Coutinho, who has fallen out of favour in Spain after departing Liverpool.

Many fans felt that City had strengthened enough and the squad was ready to begin their defence of the trophy, with 41 per cent feeling that zero new players were needed.

10 per cent believed that two more signings were required while 4 per cent of fans felt that City's squad still needed an overhaul by bringing in more than two new players.

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