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The pressure is on Pep Guardiola to deliver in a big way at Manchester City in 2017-2018, as last year didn’t go according to plan. City finished with 78 points, good for third place, but that is not what was expected. City spent a ton of money in the off-season to upgrade the roster and anything less than a title could cost Guardiola his job. City spent more than $200 million to bring in Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Kyle Walker, Danilo and Benjamin Mendy, so there will be no excuses if Pep doesn’t deliver a trophy in 2017-2018. Oddsmakers believe City is going to be a contender, as they listed the odds of City winning the Premier League at +180 and a Top 4 finish seems like a certainty.
Manchester City Premier League Futures Odds
Odds To Win Premier League: +180
Odds To Finish Top 4: -600
Total Points Over/Under: 80.5
City is considered a serious threat to win the Premier League title in 2017-2018 at odds of +180. Their point total was set at 80.5 and that might be too low considering the team looks to be improved from last year’s squad that finished with 78 points. City will have to battle Chelsea for the league title and they will also have to deal with an improved Manchester United squad but City should be primed for a big season.
Manchester City Competitions in 2017-18
English Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Champions League
What's New?
City brought in Bernardo Silva from Monaco, Ederson from Benfica, Kyle Walker from Tottenham, Douglas Luiz from Vasco Da Gama, Danilo from Real Madrid and Benjamin Mendy from Monaco.
Guardiola said to the Manchester Evening News that getting younger was critical for his club. "With all respect to the players last season, we were one of the oldest teams in the premier league. We didn’t buy full-backs for five, six years. We decided last season we could change the team to make the team younger for the next four or five years.”
What's Gone?
City lost Pablo Zabaleta to West Ham, Aaron Mooy to Huddersfield, Willy Caballero to Chelsea, Bersant Celina on loan to Ipswich Town, Ruben Sobrino to Alaves, Bruno Zuculini to Verona, Olivier Ntcham to Celtic, Nolito to Sevilla, Joe Hart on loan to West Ham, Gael Clichy to Istanbul Basaksehir, Aleksandar Kolarov to Bacary Sagna and they released Jesus Navas.
Manchester City 2017-18 Predictions
City is loaded after the additions of Walker, Danilo and Mendy. The midfield is still a bit of a concern, so they need Gundogan to return and stay healthy. City also needs Vincent Kompany to stay healthy. City is going to score plenty of goals, as they have a lot of scoring options led by Kevin de Bruyne and Sergio Aguero.
The biggest key for City this season could be the play of Ederson. City spent a ton of money to bring him in from Benfica and he has to deliver. Guardiola said that Ederson is clearly the number one ahead of Bravo.
"Claudio is a captain of a national team who never used to win anything special, and I know how important he was in the two Copa Americas and the final of the Confederations Cup," he said. "I never had doubts about the quality of Claudio, but we decided to buy Ederson. He has shown us amazing things in this period, not just the goal kicks, but also he saves a lot of balls and quickly closes down the space for the strikers. He always decides well, with the long and the short [passes], and reads the decisions well. That's why I wanted him, because to compete at the high level we need two excellent goalkeepers.
City could be undervalued going into the 2017-2018 season. They made a number of excellent additions and they weren’t that far away last season. Their point total of 80.5 looks to be way too low and they also have some value in terms of winning the Premier League at odds of +180. A Premier League title in 2017-2018 for Manchester City would not be a surprise.
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