Arsenal fans explode at ‘spoilt Pep Guardiola’ as Man City ‘deal agreed’
Manchester City are on the brink of a £59million transfer which hasn’t gone down well with other Premier League fans.
Pep Guardiola‘s side underwent their worst season since 2016–17 and recorded a third-placed Premier League finish, with no silverware to show for it after early exits in the EFL Cup and Champions League.
Man City did reach last month’s FA Cup Final, but lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace at Wembley to end the season trophyless and left Champions League qualification as the only silver lining of their campaign.
With the Club World Cup on the horizon and this summer’s split transfer window already up and running, City have already taken steps to address the season’s faults with several big-money arrivals on the way.
Man City agree £59m Tijjani Reijnders transfer
Kevin De Bruyne’s departure from the Etihad Stadium has left Guardiola with a huge hole to fill in central midfield, but City have quickly agreed a move to bring AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders to the club.
Rejnders has been on City’s transfer long-list for some time and Football Insider revealed on 16 May that City were “making progress” on a deal to bring the Dutch international to Manchester for roughly £70m.
Fabrizio Romano reported on Wednesday (4 June) that City and Milan have struck a “verbal agreement” for Reijnders to move to the Etihad for £59m this summer, with personal terms already sealed.
City could therefore feasibly add Reijnders to their Club World Cup squad ahead of facing Wydad AC in their first game on 18 June, and another deal for Lyon’s Rayan Cherki could follow in the coming days.
🚨🔵 Tijjani Reijnders to Manchester City, here we go! Verbal agreement in place for Dutch midfielder to join #MCFC.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 4, 2025
Deal almost done since yesterday as revealed and now being finalized for package worth around €70m.
Personal terms sealed days ago and formal steps to follow. pic.twitter.com/6p8oeK78aI
Man City’s Reijnders move sparks Dyche comparison as fans react
City spent north of £175m a matter of months ago as Guardiola brought in Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis, Nico Gonzalez and others in the January transfer window, and will now add Reijnders to the mix.
The potential arrivals of Reijnders, Cherki, and Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri before pre-season has even begun will set alarm bells ringing for other Premier League clubs, and fans have reacted in droves.
Some supporters have come to expect City’s lavish spending despite the Premier League’s strict PSR rules, with Guardiola called “an overrated Sean Dyche” if he didn’t have such levels of financial backing.
Sometimes when I say I don’t rate Pep Guardiola people find it offensive, imagine paying €70m for Gonzalez from Porto this January and now he still went ahead this summer to purchase another similar player in Tijjani Reijnders who does that ..😅😏 pic.twitter.com/QXOZII2FfY
— Winning-Goal (@WinningG0al) June 4, 2025
Guardiola is no doubt an incredible manager but he’s never had to build a team from the ground up. Chequebook manager. Wish Arsenal signed Marmoush and Reijnders. They would’ve been perfect for the team!
— nolensflare (@nolensflare) June 4, 2025
Manchester city have sign Tijjani Reijnders after spending £200M in January, when we call Pep Guardiola a check book manager, people say we are hating
— KOT OCS👮👮 (@WaruiJohn2) June 4, 2025
Pep Guardiola without money is an overrated Sean Dyche😂😂😂
And people literally call pep the greatest manager of all time 🤣 over 300 million spent from January and in talks with 5 other players and signed reijnders today 🤣 whole new squad needed when he loses Rodri through injury and kdb leaves.
— Johnny (@BelfastJohnny92) June 4, 2025
City signing Cherki, Reijnders, and Ait Nouri after signing Marmoush, Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez in January. Yet Pep was crying about having too big a squad.
— NW3Gooner (@NW3Gooner) June 4, 2025
Pep Gurdiola is just a spoilt kid that gets all the toys he wants:-
— Ichie Billions Esq (@Akunn_a) June 4, 2025
Tijjani Reijnders
Nico Gonzalez
Omar Mamoush
Khusanov
Ait-Nouri
Ryan Cherki
VIctor Reis
Echieveri
all between January and June…
PSR – Newcastle can’t have a loss of more than £105m over 3 years otherwise the £200bn PIF will supposedly be in financial difficulty.
— Bharath (@Classsemiro) June 4, 2025
Meanwhile CHEAT mode City and PEP can just chuck money at Marmoush, Gonzalez, Khusanov and are now doing it again with Reijnders and Cherki
From my rough calculations, Man City have now (with the signing of Reijnders) spent around €1.8B on transfer fees since Pep joined the club.
— Josh R (@JoshRFootball) June 4, 2025
€1.8B in 9 years.
€200M per season.
Arsenal have spent that much in one season ONCE. Liverpool have NEVER done it.