Man City chief admits lack of aggression in the market was reason for failure

The past season was the most turbulent for Manchester City under Pep Guardiola's tenure. The team finished without any silverware and only secured a Champions League spot on the final matchday. The club has already conducted an internal review.

Details: Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak stated that the disappointing season was due to a lack of "aggression" in the summer transfer market. The club tried to patch the gaps in winter, but by then it was already too late.

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Quote: "This club, as always, is experiencing a rebirth. If you look at the last 16-17 years of work at this club, you can see that over these years we've changed many squads, and we did it in a structured way. This year is another year where, looking back, I realize that last summer we probably should have been more aggressive with some of the changes we needed to make. We didn't do that, and in the end, it cost us this year.

We started rebuilding this team already in January. Usually, we prefer to do our business in the summer and only in case of absolute necessity. If there's a special need, do we really go and do business in January? That has been our way of operating, at least for the last seven or eight years. But this January, we had to act," Al Mubarak told The Athletic.