Manchester City Director of Football Txiki Begiristain has left the Premier League outfit after 13 years and will be succeeded by former Sporting director Hugo Viana, the club announced on Thursday.

City are replenishing the squad with younger players. Rayan Cherki is 21, while exciting talents Claudio Echeverri and Sverre Nypan are still teenagers. Defensive duo Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov ...