Manchester City need time to adapt to Pep Guardiola’s ambitious overhaul

The manager has been bold – £320m of new players, a new assistant and new tactics – but fans will have to be patientBy WhoScoredFew clubs embody ambition quite like Manchester City. They have won 18 trophies in nine years under Pep Guardiola but, for just the second time in his tenure, they finished last season without a trophy. Given that City had won the previous four Premier League titles, it was easy to downplay it as a mere stumble, a season disrupted by injuries and a cloud of legal issues.They have responded by investing £320m in the squad in 2025 – including a staggering £180m in the January window, almost matching the rest of the Premier League’s combined spend – so the ambition for this season was clear. City were supposed to regain their aura of invincibility and win again. On the opening day of the new season, they looked every bit that side. Their 4-0 dismantling of Wolves felt like a warning sign. The message seemed clear: Guardiola’s six-time champions were back to their ruthless best. Continue reading...

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