City have sold this window, with the vast Fletcher Cox Jersey majority of those sales being made to Southampton, who have purchased this window.As well as , The Saints have also acquired Gavin Bazunu and Romeo Lavia from The Cityzens' under-21 squad, however, the former spent last season out on loan at their rivals Portsmouth.Alongside the quartet who departed for Southampton, was also sold to fellow Premier League side Leeds United in a deal believed to be worth around 5million.Gyabi appears to be the outlier, with the rest of the EDS' major departures opting to join Southampton.However, it is unsurprising that so many of the club's prospects chose to join the Hampshire side as The Saints recently as their head of recruitment, who previously worked as City's head of academy recruitment. Herman Edwards Jersey Shields will have played a major role in bringing all of these players to the club in the first place, so it is logical that they would be keen to work alongside the former City man once again at Southampton.Scroll to ContinueWhile many City fans may be disappointed to see such a high volume of youth prospects Wendell Smallwood Jersey leaving the club, these transfers have gone a long way into funding much of the club's transfer busine s this window in terms of incomings.When asked about the sheer amount of academy departures in today's pre s conference, Pep Guardiola explained his club's transfer stance when it comes to allowing such prospects to leave the club. " the Spaniard said via . The City bo s also alluded to the role Shields played in bringing so many players Dallas Goedert Jersey to the St Mary's:Given Guardiola's confirmation that all of the departing players have buy-back clauses, it is clear that there is still a plan in place with all of these academy sales.The youngsters will now have a much better Corey Clement Jersey chance of receiving regular game time at their new clubs, which will further their development in a way that simply wouldn't be po sible at the Etihad. However, should these prospects 'explode' as Guardiola describes then The Cityzens retain the option to bring them back to the club as substantially improved players.Read More Manchester City Coverage: