Manchester City season preview, picks, predictions: Pep Guardiola’s

Manchester City, the Premier League’s perennial title favorites, are ready to assume that role once again this season and have only bolstered their credentials as England’s most insurmountable team after winning the once-elusive treble last season.

Pep Guardiola’s team will have another go at earning silverware with most of the players who were present for last season’s showing, including Erling Haaland. The forward’s first season with the club was nothing short of stupendous with 36 league goals, which makes him emblematic of City’s whole vibe these days — it doesn’t hurt to ask if they can repeat last year’s success, but it’s hard to envision a scenario in which they do not.

The same is likely true for the 32-year-old Kevin de Bruyne despite his age, as well as fellow midfielder Rodri and winger Jack Grealish, all of whom proved to be crucial en route to the treble. The 2023-24 season is not poised to be a mirror image of the previous campaign, in part because City probably prefer not to be eight points behind first place, like they were in early April before Arsenal relinquished the title. The main reason, though? There have been some notable comings and goings in Manchester that tease a little bit of a new look for City.