That's always been the case.
I'm City through and through, and City will endure long after Pep has gone, but right now we're Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. Pep has won more in his career than the club has won in its entire history, but while Pep and the players might forever be associated with this golden period, the history of Manchester City belongs to the fans, those that went before us, and those to come.
Our present owners are just temporary custodians, Soriano has no childhood memory of having to paddle through the piss at the godawful urinals at Maine Road, he's just a temporary journeyman, they all are.
Me, you, our dads and granddads and the kids to come, they're City, everyone else is just passing through.