When Manchester City announced back in October that Sporting CP's Hugo Viana would take over from Txiki Begiristain as the club's director of football this summer, the team were still unbeaten in all competitions. Now the defending Premier League champions are in a battle to finish in the top four, out of Europe, and their only chance of silverware is the FA Cup -- where they meet Nottingham Forest in the semifinals on Sunday (stream LIVE at 11:25 a.m. ET on ESPN+).
With a handover period forthcoming from Begiristain, Viana officially started work on April 7 and one of several tasks ahead of the summer's transfer window will be to work out how to revamp the club's midfield.