PEP GUARDIOLA was playing with fire when he admitted his flop debut season at the Etihad would have got him the axe at Bayern Munich or Barcelona.
The City boss axed Joe Hart for Claudio Bravo and made dramatic U-turns after dropping both Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero early on in his reign. If you can’t be good, be lucky, eh?
City cannot buy Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Manuel Neuer so they are scrapping it out with the rest of the world for the rest of the second-tier players. Pep must get it right. Here is how SunSport sees it:
WHO THEY NEED: Kylian Mbappe (Monaco, £90m), Kyle Walker (Spurs, £50m), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal, £45m), Benjamin Mendy (Monaco, £30m), Dani Alves (free).
WHO THEY WANT RID OF: Joe Hart (£20m), Kelechi Iheanacho (£20m), Wilfried Bony (£8m), Eliaquim Mangala (£18m), Samir Nasri (£15m), Nolito (£15m), Fernando (£8m).
SUMMARY: City did good business landing Ederson and Bernardo Silva. They need two full-backs and another top-class striker.
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