Man City 2024-25 season ratings - every player ranked: From defiant Erling Haaland to floundering Phil Foden

The teenage defender arrived amid the January spending spree for £30 million ($40m), but Reis' debut against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup was a baptism of fire and he was hauled off at half-time. He only started one more game against Plymouth Argyle, while his only appearance in the Premier League was an added-time cameo against Leicester City. He has a lot to learn.

The academy defender was drafted into the first team in October as a matter of urgency due to the injury crisis, with Guardiola simply referring to him as "the young lad". It was a brutal introduction for Simpson-Pusey as City lost three of the six games he played, only winning once -and that was against Salford City.

The brightest player in pre-season looked to have a big year ahead of him, but Bobb fractured his leg in training before the opening weekend, meaning he missed eight months and only earned three brief appearances as a substitute when he returned.

Rodri started the season late due to his injury in the Euro 2024 final and his campaign was all-but over after just three games when he tore his ACL against Arsenal - days after warning of the danger of playing too many games. Winning the Ballon d’Or - arriving at the ceremony on crutches - was some comfort and his irreplaceable status has only grown as City stumbled so badly in his absence.

Guardiola warned Grealish last summer that he could not afford another poor season, but the winger ended up having his worst campaign in more than a decade. He was handed only seven league starts despite being relatively injury free and only managed one goal and one assist.

Being left on the bench in the FA Cup final while Claudio Echeverri made his debut instead was the final kick in the teeth and a further reminder he must leave the club to save what’s left of his career.

There had been a few warning signs last season that Walker’s powers were fading, but his drop-off in form was dramatic and dire. The veteran was out-classed by Milos Kerkez at Bournemouth while Timo Werner caused him more embarrassment by out-pacing him to pour salt on the wounds in the 4-0 drubbing by Tottenham.

Walker played in all of City's seven defeats between November and December, and so he asked to leave to join AC Milan on loan in January, no one at the club was going to stand in his way.

The defender had another campaign destroyed by injuries after playing every minute for England at Euro 2024. Stones was limited to five league starts, with his biggest contributions being his last-gasp goals against Arsenal and Wolves. Guardiola lost patience with him in April, saying Stones had been "injured all season" and stressed "you can't perform if you aren't reliable and cannot play every three days."

The German has played more minutes than in either of his previous two seasons, but Ortega's status as the most reliable back-up goalkeeper in the league has faded badly. Guardiola was livid with him for his late error at Brentford and in his next game against Arsenal he shipped five goals. With one year left on his contract, it wouldn’t be a great surprise were he to follow Ederson out the door.

Another player who missed most of the campaign with various injuries and whose future is in doubt as a result. The one spell when Ake managed to stay fit happened to be the worst moment of the season as City lost seven of the 13 games he played in all competitions, his season ending when he fractured his foot against Plymouth in March.

Even if few people expected Foden to better his tally of 27 goals in all competitions from last season - a tally which helped him sweep up every individual award in 2023-24 - no one could have envisaged how much his performances would dip.

Ten goals and five assists were all he could manage, and he tailed off even more after an ankle injury in April as he was dropped to the bench for both the FA Cup semi-final and final. He later revealed he has been struggling with "a lot of things going on off the pitch mentally", and City fans will hope he gets support for what he has been going through and can get back to being the talismanic player of the previous years.

The attacking midfielder was used sparingly after opting against another loan move, but did well when given the chance. A productive impact sub, McAtee scored three of his seven goals after coming off the bench, and yet Guardiola really never trusted him for long periods, giving him just three league starts before leaving him out of the FA Cup final squad.

Lewis began the season by usurping Walker as the first-choice right-back, but a promising start faded and his defensive shortcomings were exposed, especially in the drubbings by Sporting CP and Tottenham, as well as in the late collapses against Feyenoord and Real Madrid. Accusations of being Guardiola’s favourite son were challenged when he was left out for the FA Cup final despite having scored in the semi.

It’s been a strange campaign for Ederson. He notched four Premier League assists - double the amount of Foden - to make history as the goalkeeper to set up the most goals in the competition's history. And yet his shot-stopping has become ever more sloppy and it has cost City dear, particularly in the Champions League.

Ederson could be questioned for all three goals conceded against Feyenoord and was poor in the defeats to Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Real Madrid. It is likely to be his final season at the club and, not counting his attacking contributions, it will go down as his worst.

His worst campaign in his three-year spell with the club. The lowest moment was losing the ball and gifting Arsenal the opening goal in the second minute at the Emirates, but there were plenty of other poor displays which cost City points, such as against Everton, at Bournemouth and at Liverpool.

Akanji missed two months after undergoing thigh surgery in February, and though he won his place back in the starting line up in May, Guardiola made a mistake by starting him in the FA Cup final.

The £34m($46m)-man had a horrendous debut as he gifted Chelsea a goal and then nearly got sent off, while weeks later he was monstered by Kylian Mbappe. He did, though, show his character and aggressive style in fine displays against Newcastle and Tottenham.

Somewhat surprisingly, Khusanov disappeared from the picture in March as Guardiola moved Josko Gvardiol inside to form a solid partnership with Ruben Dias.

The Spaniard settled into the team easily enough, but couldn’t make much of a difference, often being too passive with his play. As the season heated up and City’s urgency to finish in the top five became greater, Nico was used less and less.

He started just one of the last seven games, being left out for the FA Cup final even when Mateo Kovacic was unavailable. His role will be further reduced now Rodri is fit and now feels more and more like an expensive stop-gap signing.

City’s best player of all time bowed out after a golden decade, and although De Bruyne felt he still had more to give, his displays and injury record suggested otherwise. A sports hernia held him back in the first half of the season, and when he returned he looked far below the peak of his powers, with his wretched display against Liverpool proof that his days at the very highest level were numbered.

He still offered some moments of magic, above all his tour-de-force against Crystal Palace in April, but this was De Bruyne's second-least productive season in a City shirt and the timing of his departure felt right, despite the emotional farewell.

The winger performed at more or less the same level as in his debut season, matching his three league goals albeit with six assists, two fewer than in 2023-24.

The main difference was that the level around Doku fell and his lack of end product harmed his team more. And yet he helped make the difference in the clutch moments when it came to finishing in the top five, setting up Matheus Nunes’ winner against Villa and De Bruyne’s strike against Wolves.

The £53m($71m)-man endured more backhanded comments from his manager this season, including when Nunes was told he was not clever enough to play in midfield. He had actually done better in midfield earlier in the campaign, but was asked to switch to right-back when Walker departed.

He had teething problems, most notably making two massive errors against Manchester United and a crucial mistake against Real Madrid, but Nunes slowly began to understand his role and ended up with the joint-highest number of assists for City in the Premier League and Champions League, along with Savinho.

The Brazilian added some real flair and excitement to City in his first few games but, rather like his fellow winger Doku, his end product was a concern. Savinho could always be relied upon to get fans out of their seats and make something happen, but the final ball or shot was often lacking.

He went four months without contributing to a Premier League goal and ended the campaign with one solitary strike to his name. He will have to improve his numbers next season as City plot a route to regaining their title.

The Portuguese has had a patchy campaign, but he showed leadership at the crucial moments to marshal City through their difficult run-in.

Dias' injury in the Carabao Cup at Spurs in October cost the team dear as they lost four of their next five game, and their toiling without their defensive leader underlined Dias' importance to the team and strengthened the argument that he should survive the coming squad overhaul.

This has been Bernardo's worst campaign in eight years at City, and given how consistent he had been in the past, he became a scapegoat for the team's drop-off. It was his least productive season, albeit marginally, but the biggest drop-off could be seen in his physical intensity. He lacked his usual enthusiasm for pressing and, with no Rodri around to control games, was asked to do too much.

Recovered his hunger and determination at the business end of the season and was vocal about the lack of fighting spirit among some of his peers. Looks set to leave in the summer, and while Bernardo's legacy at the club is assured, it is a shame it may end like this.

City couldn’t believe their luck when they got the serial-winning German back for free just a year after he joined Barcelona, but 12 months can be a long time in football, especially when you’re 34. Gundogan no longer had the legs to cover the ground he needed to, especially when asked to anchor the midfield in the absence of Rodri. But he was always available, something which could not be taken for granted across the rest of the squad.

He also improved a lot in the second half of the season, contributing to four goals in the final eight games, including his classy bicycle kick at Fulham.

The Croatian has won over the doubters with a solid campaign, giving City stability in midfield when fit and scoring a surprising number of goals, netting six times in the Premier League. Kovacic's three-week injury absence in November and December put further pressure on a midfield already reeling from the loss of Rodri, but he was utterly dominant in the FA Cup semi-final over Nottingham Forest and City badly missed his control in the defeat by Palace in the final.

Guardiola is expected to be ruthless with many players on the wrong side of 30, but Kovacic is worth keeping around.

Not many people outside of City circles had heard of O’Reilly before this season, and he was still little known by January. But he soon became impossible to ignore, and not just because of his massive height and fuzzy hair.

The FA Cup was his platform to shine, scoring a brace against Plymouth and changing the quarter-final tie at Bournemouth as a substitute. He soon made the difference in the league too, breaking the deadlock at Everton amid a run of strong performances at left-back.

The Egyptian has had a brilliant impact since his big-money January move, filling the Julian Alvarez-shaped hole in the team and easing the burden on Erling Haaland. Marmoush had posted incredible numbers in the Bundlesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt and wasted little time in proving his worth to City, bagging a hat-trick against Newcastle in his third appearance.

He should have scored more while Haaland was absent and it is hard to forget that he spurned the penalty in the FA Cup final, but he came up with a convincing late contender for Goal of the Season with his rocket against Bournemouth which had the Etihad Stadium cooing.

Made a typically ridiculous start to the season, scoring a record-breaking 10 goals in his first five games, but suffered like everyone else in those dark winter months despite remaining City’s biggest goal threat. Haaland wasn’t the main problem; rather his team-mates failing to step up and share the goal burden with him.

A foot injury in March ended his hopes of retaining the Premier League Golden Boot and he lacked sharpness when he returned, only scoring a penalty in the last game at Fulham after shirking spot-kick responsibilities in the FA Cup final, ut you cannot argue with crossing the 30-goal mark in all competitions for a third-successive season.

The Croatian has grown into the player City sensed he could be when they paid £77m ($104m) for him in 2023. Gvardiol was an attacking asset for much of the season before the emergence of O'Reilly led Guardiola to restore him to central defence, where he struck up an excellent partnership with Dias.

In a season when practically every player came in for criticism at one point, Gvardiol has been beyond reproach. Just look at Guardiola's recent assessment of him: "Josko has been the most important player we’ve had this season. He’s been top." Enough said.