The Etihad Stadium is eliminated from the Champions League and from the Premier League race, prepares for the departure of various players who were the key to successes from the past.
Injuries, inconsistency and a lack of results have derailed the Manchester City campaign, whereby February apparently marks the end of their season. The FA Cup and a top four (or maybe five) end to secure Champions League football, everything that is now left for one side is 17 points behind the League leaders Liverpool Die Sunday the Etihad Visit and already from the European competition are eliminated. Humiliated. Forced to accept the defeat. Confronted with the need to rebuild.
Pep Guardiola made that reality clear in the press conference on Friday: “We have to sit down with the doctors, the players and their agents and be honest that some people simply cannot play every three or four days. There are players who can no longer maintain the level they ever did, week after week. That is our biggest problem at the moment. Their quality is indisputable, but we cannot use it because they are injured and then they need time to recover. “
The Catalan coach almost announced the end of an era in Man City.
Transfer expenditure and showing departure
After spending $ 242 million on four new signing sessions in January, the hierarchy of City is already planning for the summer transfer window. According to the Daily Mail, the club is willing to separate with various important players from the past seasons to renew the team.
This would not be the first major revision under Guardiola. A similar response followed on the exit of the Champions League of City by Monaco in his first season that was in charge. Eight players left that summer, including Willy Caballero, Gaël Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesús Navas, Yaya Touré, Pablo Zabaleta and Kelechi Iheanacho.
Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish, once instrumental for the success of the city, had a dip in shape. John Stones is plagued by injuries, while the Daily Mail also mentioned Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes in people with an uncertain future.
Kevin De Bruyne could be another controversial exit. The Belgian, from the June contract, was left on the bank in the Bernabéu despite the urgent needs of his team a result. No agreement has been reached about his future, although Guardiola has always maintained that the final decision will rest at De Bruyne himself.
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