City’s player recruitment since Pep Guardiola was appointed manager eight years ago has been rightly praised.

We have put together a list of the top 10 best signings of the Guardiola era in a previous post.

However, no matter how good your recruitment is, mistakes will always be made. No team has a 100% success rate when it comes to signings.

Press the next page as we count down the worst purchases since Guardiola arrived at the Etihad.