As Manchester City prepare to launch their 2017-18 assault on European football's top prize, manager Pep Guardiola will be well aware of the pressure facing him to make serious advances towards the pre-defined targets of the club's owners.
The Champions League represents not only the Holy Grail for those in charge of City's purse strings, but also a milestone achievement in the early part of the Catalan's football career.
Like Manuel Pellegrini before him, Guardiola will have had it made crystal clear that success in continental competition is the short term goal for a club that has won the FA Cup, the League Cup (twice) and the Premier League (twice) since the 2008 takeover.