Only Rúben Dias and Erling Haaland remain from Manchester City’s 2023 Champions League final starting XI

On June 10, 2023, Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul to win their first Champions League title and complete a historic treble. Eleven players started that match. By the summer of 2026, only two of them, Rúben Dias and Erling Haaland, are still at the club. The starting XI that was The lineup that Pep Guardiola sent out against Inter Milan in Istanbul read like a who’s who of Premier League dominance: Ederson in goal, a back line of Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, and Nathan Aké, a midfield trio of Rodri, Bernardo Silva, and İlkay Gündoğan, with Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, and Erling Haaland in attack. Rodri scored the only goal that night, sealing the trophy that had eluded City for decades. It was the crowning achievement of a squad that had already wrapped up the Premier League title and the FA Cup. Where did everyone go? The departures started almost immediately. İlkay Gündoğan left on a free transfer to Barcelona in the summer of 2023, just weeks after lifting the Champions League trophy. The subsequent windows saw a steady stream of exits. Ederson, the goalkeeper who anchored City’s backline for years, eventually moved on. Nathan Aké departed for Fene...