When Pep arrived in July 2016 he inherited not only one of the oldest squads in the PL but one which was singularly ill equipped to play the kind of football he wanted. City had won two PL titles and had some truly great players but it was clear that it could not go on forever and some of those greats and legends would have to be replaced before long. It is an unbelievable achievement to have rebuilt the squad almost completely (a real "period of transition"!) while winning three PL titles, 4 Carabao cups and an FA cup and seeing the club into its first CL final. The squad is one of, if not the, best in Europe, but the point that we forget is that this squad is for the first time very nearly a Guardiola squad, a squad of his own creation to play his football. Very nearly, but not quite. To build the squad completely in his image I think Pep wants a genuine number 9 and hopefully he'll get one this summer. I hope that when he has a squad which is completely his own he'll want to stay in Manchester, at City, to enjoy the success it will bring.
