The mistakes of last summer won’t be repeated by Manchester City | OneFootball

There is a strong argument to be made that standing still in the transfer market last summer cost Manchester City. City only signed Savinho and Ilkay Gundogan ahead of the 24/25 season. The decision to back in the players that they had and who had achieved so much for the club had a detrimental impact on Pep Guardiola’s side. That was clear to see as the 24/25 season unfolded as injuries, fatigue and a lack of legs all conspired against Pep Guardiola’s side.

Heading into the summer transfer window it is a mistake that Manchester City can not make again. Listening to City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak speak it is clear that Manchester City won’t be following the same path as the one they went down last summer.

Manchester City should have been more aggressive last summer.

Speaking with Chris Bailey in his annual end-of-season interview on mancity.com, City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak admitted that his club should have been more aggressive during last summer’s transfer window. He admitted that the fact that they weren’t was a contributing factor in Manchester City’s poor 24/25 season. Speaking on the subject, Al-Mubarak said: “When I look at the last 16, 17 odd years of being involved in this Club, so many different squads, and we’ve done it in a structured way over the years.”

“This year is another year where, when I look back, last summer we probably should have been more aggressive in some of the changes we needed to do. We didn’t do that, and that ended up costing us this year.”

“We already started the rebuild of this team in January. Normally, we like to do our business in the summer and only in case of emergency. A special need that comes up, do we actually go and do business in January? That’s been our MO at least for the last seven or eight years. But this January, we had to act.”

Manchester City’s summer plans are already beginning to take off.

What is already clear this summer is that Manchester City are determined to act swiftly and decisively in the summer transfer window. With the FIFA Club World Cup coming up, City are aiming to bring in new signings ahead of the tournament. But what they won’t be doing is repeating the mistakes of last summer. Yes, Manchester City began their rebuild in January. Omar Marmoush, Nico, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Juma Bah were all signed by City in January. But there is more work to do to rebuild Pep Guardiola’s squad. Everything coming out of Manchester City indicates that they won’t be standing still this summer. That lesson has been learned.

A busy and crucial summer looms for Manchester City. But what is becoming clear is that the mistakes of last summer won’t be repeated again. That fact stood out in Khaldoon Al-Mubarak’s interview yesterday. The lessons learned over a disappointing 24/25 season can lead to Manchester City’s next era of dominance. It now seems that is the path that City will be following over a crucial summer for the club.