Despite presiding over one of the most expensively assembled outfits in the whole of world football right about now, Pep Guardiola is currently struggling to assert his once unwavering dominance among the English top-flight. Manchester City suffered a truly astonishing loss at the hands of Everton last time out of course, serving to illustrate
Let’s face it – although big things were certainly expected of John Stones upon completing his obscenely over-priced move to the Etihad this summer – the former Everton defender has so far failed to cover himself in all that much glory since first arriving at Manchester City. The highly coveted England international has ultimately failed
Although Manchester City remain far from a club in crisis under Pep Guardiola right in the here and now, the ongoing trials and tribulations of the English top-flight are certainly beginning to mount for the highly coveted Spanish tactician. City could still theoretically win the league with Guardiola firmly at the helm this season,
When John Stones first burst onto the scene with Everton as an up and coming home-grown centre-back with plenty of potential to go on and take the English game by storm, few initially saw much wrong with over-hyping the now 22-year-old defender as one of the brightest top-flight prospects in the entire country – as
When Pep Guardiola was first given the go-ahead to succeed Manuel Pellegrini down in the Etihad dug-out for the 2016/17 campaign, much was initially expected of the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss – who supposedly represented one of the most highly sought after managers on the entire European circuit. And at first, the
Since taking over from Manuel Pellegrini down in the Manchester City dug-out this summer, Pep Guardiola has certainly served to impress among the English top-flight thus far – via his notorious brand of possession-based play out on the pitch, as well as his coolly composed demeanour away from the field also. The former Barcelona
After initially completing his staggering £55 million move to the Etihad last summer under former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, big things were seemingly expected of Kevin de Bruyne among the English top-flight – very big things indeed! And whilst the Belgian international certainly suffered a great deal with injuries and suspended lay-offs away from
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