City have let five players go, replaced them with four and suffered key injuries. Whether they have improved or not is now up for debate…
And Doku sums it all up: he might not hit the ground running, but with his skills and age , he looks like a solid long-term investment.These players will all be desperate to lift the trophies that their team-mates have already won, and that should help keep everybody on their toes. And, speaking at the weekend, has said that he is now determined to win trophies for those new guys so that they can get in on the act too.
And City chose not to sign Eze partly because Guardiola actually likes a small squad, and knowing that De Bruyne will be back for the second part of the season.Another aspect of the summer business that will not be immediately obvious by looking at the team sheet is that City have moved on players who often complained when they were left out of the team: Mahrez, Laporte and, particularly, Cancelo.
Guardiola’s “no bad faces” policy dictates that if you are left out of his team, you need to suck it up and get on with it. That was not always the case with those players. They all made big contributions to City over the years and being grumpy when they did not play was clearly not a massive hindrance to the club’s progress, but Guardiola and his coaches and captains do work hard to maintain a positive, committed dressing room environment and “bad faces” are considered detrimental to that.There is one more major factor to consider: Guardiola always finds a way. They wanted two left-backs and a centre-back in 2017 but only got one left-back, Benjamin Mendy.
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