MANAGER

Pep Guardiola

STAR MAN

Kevin De Bruyne

LAST SEASON

3rd

TOP SCORER

Sergio Aguero (20)

KEY INS

Benjamin Mendy (Monaco, £52m), Bernardo Silva (Monaco, £43m), Kyle Walker (Spurs, £45m), Ederson (Benfica, £35m), Danilo (Real Madrid, £26.5m)

Kyle Walker

KEY OUTS

Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester, £25m), Fernando (Galatasaray, £4.75m), Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma, £4.5m), Bacary Sagna (released), Gael Clichy (Basaksehir, free), Pablo Zabaleta (West Ham, free)

REASONS TO BE POSITIVE

Full-backs are crucial to Guardiola’s system and the Spaniard has secured massive upgrades in that department.

REASONS TO BE PESSIMISTIC

An untried Ederson in goal, an injury-prone Vincent Kompany and often unconvincing duo John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi points to a soft central defence.

ONE TO WATCH

Gabriel Jesus. Injury curtailed the Brazilian last term but expect him to become a bona fide star.

Gabriel Jesus

EXPECTATION

With quality and depth now in abundance, a major title push and a similarly huge leap forward in Europe.

REALITY

May have to sacrifice one competition but there is no reason why this team should not be lifting some sort of silverware.