Should we be worried about our ageing squad?

[eastmanc]

No

I second that

 

[eastmanc]

Players come and go, always have, always will, the trick is to replace them with quality, which I'm sure we will.

 

[Cobwebcat]

We have the oldest squad in the Premier League according to this.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-city-oldest-squad-premier-7740362" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... er-7740362</a>

With so many key players at their peak, I'm sure we will be looking at the age profile of our squad in coming transfer windows. Signing Mangala at 23 is a good start.

One other thought is that this team needs to win a couple more titles (and maybe a Champions League) while they are together to be considered one of the great teams. Retaining it this year would be our finest achievement to date IMO.

We actually have the oldest squad of the top 100 squads in the World now.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/vereins-statistik/wertvollstemannschaften/marktwertetop

Does it weaken us? No

Is it a concern? Yes of course and I'm sure it will be addressed going forward because we won't be successful as a club if it continued.

 

[JGL07]

I would be very wary of the data as they seem to think that Bursapor are in the Scottish Premiership, that Celtic are in the English Premier League and that Leicester City are in the Brazilian League!

 

[mcfcinprague]

At the moment the only people who should be worried about our ageing squad, are the opposition

In the meantime, I'm sure there is a detailed map of the way ahead regarding who and when we should replace players and potentially who with, on an ongoing basis