Imminent Man City transfer exit set to boost summer earnings but at £3m loss

Manchester City's summer earnings are set to rise close to £40m as defender Sergio Gomez edges closer to a permanent transfer to Real Sociedad.

Gomez arrived from Anderlecht as a winger in 2022 to provide cover at left-back, but struggled for regular games as City won the treble in his first season. He fell further down the pecking order last season, featuring just six times in the league and amassing only 47 minutes across those appearances.

The 23-year-old City fan has now opted to seek a permanent exit, with a move to Sociedad closer to being completed amid a flurry of reports on Thursday night.

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Those reports, originating in Spain, suggest Gomez will leave for a fee of £8m, representing a loss of £3m in the space of two years. City look set to include a large sell-on clause of around 25 per cent and possibly a buy-back option on Gomez, too.

If the £8m figure is correct, it would take City's summer earnings to around £39m after the exits of Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Lewis Fiorini and Tommy Doyle, plus the sell-on clause in Douglas Luiz's transfer from Aston Villa to Juventus.

City have Josko Gvardiol and Nathan Ake as left-back options, and can trial academy players as further cover during pre-season in Gomez's absence. Gomez had been called up to the Spanish squad for the Olympics this summer, so had already been ruled out of the tour of the USA.