Losing a luminary of Pep Guardiola’s magnitude always felt like Manchester City needed to do something seismic to remain anything like the behemoth they have become.
Enzo Maresca’s appointment barely registered on the Richter scale. The former Chelsea boss and City assistant coach was the continuity option, knowing exactly how the City Football Group likes to conduct itself.
The transfer market kings instead chose to make their mark in the area they excel in most.
With a net spend lower than Ipswich Town’s, City have completely revamped the one area of the pitch that needed open heart surgery, emerging from the summer window primed and ready to push Arsenal all the way again this season.
Enzo Maresca has been armed with a squad capable of winning the title (Photo: Getty)
