So taking a look at our squad, city can certainly fit a lot more into the side. Let's take for granted that De Jong is gone, and Nastasic, Maicon, and Sinclair are all in. (I'm aware of the Santa Cruz speculation, i'm going to assume city is stuck with him again). That leaves this squad
Hart
Pantilimon
Wright
Kompany
Lescott
Kolo
Nastasic
Kolarov
Clichy
Richards
Zabaleta
Maicon
Yaya
Barry
Milner
Rodwell
Silva
Nasri
Sinclair
Dzeko
Balo
Tevez
Aguero
Santa Cruz
That's a squad size of 21. Since Nastasic and Rodwell are 19 and 21 respectively, they don't need to be registered, so that leaves city with a registered squad of 19. Am I forgetting anyone?
When I see it this way, it does seem a bit slim and I wonder if anything will be done in the next 24 hours to beef up the team or increase depth