No one expected Foden and Gundogan to fall off a cliff and for Bernardo to be want away all season or for Dias, Laporte, Walker and Stones to miss significant game time through injury.
You should always expect Stones to be injured. I'm more surprised when he's fit.
Gundogan was slow as fuck last season, they should have expected the same this time.
They knew Fernandinho was leaving so the replace one of the best midfielders we've ever had with a mediocre and always injured Phillips.
We've needed a left back for years so they recruit, a clearly not good enough, Gomez.
We know how Haaland plays but Pep still wants him to play like a false 9 which nullifies his strengths.