Two out, two in as transfer budget increases

The sale of Edimilson Fernandes to Mainz for £8m followed by the sale of Lucas Perez to Alaves for £2.2m has added another £10.8m to the £30m summer transfer kitty.

The additions of goalkeepers Roberto and David Martin on free transfers on combined wages less than Adrian have also helped conserve transfer funds and reduce the wage bill.

With £40.8m now at his disposal Pellegrini is now likely to offload Reece Oxford to Augsburg for £3.6m and Javier Hernandez to Valencia for £8m next potentially bringing his transfer kitty to £52.4m

Pedro Obiang and Jordan Hugill could raise another £15m if their valuations are met taking the transfer fund still further to £67.4m.

The loss of Adrian, Andy Carroll and Samir Nasri is thought to have removed £205,000 per week from the wage bill.  Fernandez and Perez removed another £95,000 per week meaning that £300,000 or £15.6m per year has been slashed off the wage bill with the two new goalkeepers only adding £30,000 per week combined.

The loss of Oxford, Hernandez, Obiang and Hugill could slash a further £225,000 per week off the club’s wages could make the grand total now available is £27.3m per year.