Why 2020 could be the most important year since Man City’s transformation
Pep Guardiola’s side finished the decade with a domestic treble but have plenty on their to-do list to stay at the top of the Premier League Manchester City have come to the end of a decade when they became the best team in England – but face a reboot to remain there. They started the 2010s by ending a 35-year wait for a trophy and closed it by claiming the most points, most Premier League titles and most domestic trophies of any English side. “Congratulations for all the people working here,” City manager Pep Guardiola said on the final day of the decade. “They were fighting with huge elephants here in England – big big clubs with the biggest history. For the past decade we were part of them. That is amazing.” But Guardiola and the City chiefs know that if they are to maintain their position with those huge elephants, they need to keep up with the pack. That’s why 2020 is shaping up to be the most important 12 months City will have since joining the elite. Much of the squad that