Manchester City have a big job on their hands as they aim to wrestle back the Premier League trophy from Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola’s side were off the pace last season, finishing on just 81 points, 18 behind Liverpool and 19 short of their record-breaking 100 point haul from the 2017/18 season.

In order to make up the gap on Liverpool, City will have to improve, and one way to do that is to recruit well.

City haven’t spent the hundreds of millions we’ve grown accustomed to them spending so far this summer, but they have made a couple of big additions, and we’ve ranked their new arrivals so far...

Ferran Torres 3/5

A score of 3/5 isn’t a knock on Torres’ talent, because he seems like an exceptional young player who has a high ceiling, but the fact is that he’s not going to improve City’s squad from last season.

Losing Leroy Sane and getting Torres doesn’t feel like a solid trade-off, with Sane being a former PFA Young Player of the Year winner and Torres having just six senior league goals to his name.

Of course, this is one for the future, Torres is just 20 years old and City have a number of solid wide players ahead of him in the pecking order such as Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva.

It will be best to judge this transfer in four or five years, but right now this doesn’t look like a player who will make a huge impact in City’s title charge.

Yan Couto 2/5

Brazilian right-back Yan Couto is certainly one of the future at City.

This deal was agreed back in January, but Couto will finally link-up with his new side ahead of the 2020/21 season.

The teenager has already been compared to Dani Alves and if he does become as good as the former Barcelona man, this rating will go up.

But, with the full-back already costing City £12.5m, this can’t be a highly rated signing due to the amount of money spent.

Of course, £12.5m is a small amount for a team like City, but for a similar price, they could’ve gotten Matt Doherty, a proven Premier League player who could actually play a part in their title charge.

Nathan Ake 2/5

Every year you get players who go from relegated clubs to top teams and show what they’re made of.

Andy Robertson, Harry Maguire and Idrissa Gueye have found a lot of success in England and Europe after being relegated with Hull and Aston Villa respectively, and City will be wanting Ake to do the same thing here.

However, these are only good signings if they’re available for a small fee due to relegated clubs having to raise funds, but it seems as though Pep Guardiola’s side have been ripped off here.

£41m for a relegated centre-half is preposterous no matter which way you look at it, and when you consider that he may not even be a starter, with Kalidou Koulibaly strongly linked with a move to the Etihad, this begins to already look like money down the drain.