{"id":1387890,"date":"2025-06-10T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1387890"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:56:00","slug":"man-city-next-dynasty-builders","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-next-dynasty-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Man City’s next ‘dynasty-builders’?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Times are changing for Manchester City.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dominant force in English football for a decade and more, City ended the 2024\/25 season without a single major trophy — the first time they’ve done that since 2016\/17 — and slipped to third in the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there’s going to be a new look to Pep Guardiola’s team. Rayan Ait-Nouri has already completed a big move from Wolves, but even bigger is Kevin De Bruyne leaving as a free agent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belgian is arguably the club’s greatest-ever player and a long-serving remnant of a dynasty built for Guardiola alongside the likes of Vincent Kompany, David Silva and Sergio Aguero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

City already have their new Aguero in Erling Haaland, but who will replace De Bruyne? Furthermore, with Ilkay Gundogan, John Stones and Bernardo Silva among those advancing into their 30s, it won’t be long until even more new blood is required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, we’ve taken a look at the under-23 players currently at Manchester City to see who will be the new ‘dynasty-builders’ at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Abdukodir Khusanov<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Khusanov endured some tricky moments shortly after his big move from Lens in January and eventually found himself frozen out completely for the final six games of the season. However, the Uzbek still showed enough glimpses to assure us he’s a big name of the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking a little further back to his time at Lens, the 21-year-old was third among teammates to play at least 25% of Ligue 1 minutes last season for aerial duels won per 90 (2.58), and then first for interceptions (2.4) and clearances (5.17). He was also dribbled past only four times and completed 88.95% of his passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Could be the next…<\/strong> <\/em>John Stones. He’s excellent on the ball, dominant in one-on-one situations and already has huge experience for his age. That right centre-back slot could be his for years to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Rico Lewis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lewis still has a lot to learn about being a Premier League full-back, but from his speed to his ball-playing ability, he has all the tools to become one of the best. Lewis has a lot of experience for his mere 20 years on this planet, already playing 93 times for City across all competitions, winning two Premier League titles, a Champions League and more. Not to mention his five senior England caps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could be the next… <\/strong><\/em>Kyle Walker. A bit obvious, really. Walker is arguably the greatest right-back of the Premier League era, and Lewis could potentially be an elite right-back too. But don’t sleep on his ability to be an inverted left-back, in the same mould as Joso Cancelo and Oleksandr Zinchenko. <\/p>\n\n\n

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