It took only half a year! Guardiola rebuilds Manchester City at Light Speed, Haaland can only be substituted

In a match in the last round of the Club World Cup group stage, Manchester City defeated Juventus 5-2 and successfully advanced to the top 16 with a record of winning all three games in the group stage. It is worth mentioning that Manchester City is the only team in this Club World Cup that has maintained a complete victory. After defeating Juventus in the final round, Guardiola said proudly: "I think the players have once again experienced what it feels like to be an excellent team."

Last season, Manchester City suffered a Waterloo in the Premier League and finally ranked third in the league. In the two full months in November and December, Manchester City only won 2 games and lost 8 games. At that time, many people thought Guardiola and Manchester City were all over. This once invincible army lost its dominance in the Premier League and became soft persimmons that "everyone bullies". Since then, Manchester City has made the decision to rebuild.

Guardiola's first step in rebuilding Manchester City is naturally inseparable from buyers. During the winter window transfer, Manchester City panic bought three players, Marmush, Niko Gonzalez and Husanov, spending a total of 152 million euros. Among these three, only Marmush has entered Manchester City's core lineup, and the other two have now become bench players. Even so, the joining of these three new forces has injected confidence and vitality into Manchester City and helped the team qualify for the Champions League. Guardiola has mentioned more than once that it is sometimes more difficult to qualify for the Champions League in the Premier League than to win the championship. After spending 152 million euros in the winter window, Manchester City still insisted on making big moves in the summer window. Before the start of the Club World Cup, they spent 55 million euros to sign Reindes from AC Milan, 36.8 million euros to sign the team's urgent left-back Ait Nuri from Wolves, and 36.5 million euros to sign Serki from Lyon. In addition to the "Mr. Golden Ball" Rodri who has returned from injury, Manchester City's reinforcement can be seen with the naked eye.

In addition to buying people, Guardiola also faces the problem of streamlining the lineup. During the winter window transfer, Manchester City loaned one of the captains Kyle Walker to AC Milan on loan. At the end of the season, Manchester City announced that it would not renew its contract with captain De Bruyne, a decision that surprised many people, including the player himself. But Guardiola and the management know that it is time for Manchester City to scrape the bone to heal. Before the start of the Club World Cup, Guardiola excluded Gralish from the roster.

Obviously, there is only one core of this Manchester City team, and he is coach Guardiola. The team building is all about Guardiola's needs. It took only two transfer windows and took half a year to take the new Manchester City to take shape. In the Club World Cup, Guardiola led Manchester City to win three consecutive victories in the group stage, including a 5-2 victory over Juventus, which made fans all over the world exclaim: Manchester City has completed reconstruction. What makes people even more terrifying is that Haaland, the Manchester City team, has to play as a substitute player today.