Manchester City can breathe easy after avoiding the painful consequences of a two-season ban from European competition as a result of thei...
Manchester City can breathe easy after avoiding the painful consequences of a two-season ban from European competition as a result of their successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The club can now look forward to the return of this season’s Champions League in August safe in the knowledge that it is not the final chance for Pep Guardiola and a cast of stellar players to win European football’s biggest prize.
Preparations will also begin in earnest for next season’s Premier League campaign, with City intent on wrestling back the title from Liverpool and now given more room for manoeuvre in the transfer market.
Here is a look at what comes next for City’s Abu Dhabi project, which has already reaped 11 major trophies since Sheikh Mansour’s takeover 12 years ago.
Read: Manchester City’s European ban – a timeline of events
Win the Champions League
The one trophy missing from City’s collection over the past decade is the one they most desire – the Champions League.
Despite failing to win European football’s biggest prize in three years at Bayern Munich, Guardiola’s arrival at the Etihad was part of City’s plan to conquer Europe.
The Catalan coach has produced one of the finest teams English football has ever seen – winning two Premier League titles with the two highest...
