Have Arsenal's rivals done enough in transfer window to challenge?

Manchester City is undergoing a dense transition, with Pep Guardiola being replaced after ten years by Enzo Maresca and the departure of several key figures from their glory years, including Rodri, Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Jack Grealish, as well as Savio, Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzales, James Trafford, Nathan Ake and Tijjani Reijnders. The club’s burning ambition remains evident in the way it has approached the market to replenish the squad for a title challenge. City paid £125m – equalling the British transfer record – to reunite former Chelsea manager Maresca with Enzo Fernandez, having already spent £116m to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. Further additions arrived in the form of Iliman Ndiaye from Everton for £65m, the highly rated Morocco‑born 18‑year‑old Ayyoub Bouaddi, whose Lille fee stands at £85.6m, and Allan Elias from Palmeiras in Brazil. This activity amounts to a significant rebuild, with the Fernandez deal taking City’s spending to a Premier League record £458m for a single transfer window, surpassing Liverpool’s £415m from the previous summer. Nevertheless, City have also generated roughly £300m in player sales this summer, highlighting the considerable turnover at the outset of the post‑Guardiola era. An eventful period leaves the club, which still possesses considerable talent elsewhere, in a strong position to mount a serious challenge.