Three ways to back your team: Man City

Citizens favourites to win the Premier League

It has been a fairly quiet summer so far, certainly by Manchester City’s standards. Does that mean manager Pep Guardiola thinks his team are close enough to a side capable of winning the title?

It’s fair to say the Spanish coach underperformed at the Etihad last season, and that’s saying something, considering they finished third in the Premier League, bagging a return to the Champions League. City were a full 15 points off Chelsea at the final count however and did, in fact, finish a lot closer to rivals Man Utd in sixth.

Our traders expect Manchester to dominate

The majority of transfer news coming out of the club so far has been surrounding players leaving, including goalkeepers Willy Caballero and Joe Hart, but bosses have laid the groundwork on a move for Tottenham defender Kyle Walker. Talks are said to be at a very early stage between the parties, with details of a fee still sketchy, but some red tops are reporting up to £50m will change hands to push that one over the line. Regardless, Coral traders are confident Pep and his side will improve on last season’s efforts, and have chalked Manchester City up as 7/4 favourites to win the league. Interestingly, Man Utd are next in line at 3/1, Chelsea back at 10/3, so our football guys are expecting much to change in the coming months.

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