It’s a strange time for Manchester City. Last season saw them win silverware and play in a Champions League semi-final for the first time, yet the widespread feeling is the squad needs major surgery.
Manuel Pellegrini’s tenure came to an unsatisfactory end. The club’s Premier League campaign was a disaster, and it was becoming increasingly clear as their season stuttered to a close that the core of the side built by Roberto Mancini and continued by Pellegrini was no longer fit for purpose. If City want to challenge in every competition they enter, which is the ambition of the owners and the club's leadership team, then serious improvements are needed.