Arsenal’s hijack of Tottenham’s Eberechi Eze transfer does not change the fact that Crystal Palace will need a replacement and that Bilal El Khannouss is at the top of their list.

It looks increasingly likely that the Moroccan’s time at the King Power Stadium will end after just one year.

In that case, City need to think about their own replacement. Here are the five options available, with Marti Cifuentes perhaps needing to consider the best choice as early as this week, when he names his team for Saturday’s game against Charlton.

Louis Page

He’s not played in either of City’s two league games so far but he has been on the bench and looks to be considered the long-term option in midfield.

Page has spent most of his young career in a deeper midfield role, but he impressed further u

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