AS you might expect, Manchester City fans like myself are over the moon and revelling in our title win at the weekend.
Nobody can deny City have brought a class and beauty to football never before seen in this country.
In fact, many people are arguing that this is the greatest Premier League team of all time..
We will never truly know whether or not this side is better or worse than United‘s treble winning side of 1998-99 or Arsenal‘s Invincibles of 2003-04.
But what I do know is that most City fans really don’t care.
City fans are reminded often enough of their past by supporters of other clubs and generally we prefer to look forward, and why wouldn’t we?
The most striking thing about this season is that whilst this side have been phenomenal, the squad can give so much more.
Dominating performances from the likes of Leroy Sane (22), John Stones (23), Raheem Sterling (23), Aymeric Lapore (23), Bernardo Silva (23), Ederson (24) and Gabriel Jesus (21) have been crucial to this campaign.
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But what will they be capable of in four or five years’ time when these players are seasoned veterans?
Very few Manchester City fans talked about trebles or quadruples this year…. that “target” seemed to originate in the press rather than the club itself.
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It was always possible, but if you’d offered any City fan a Premier League and Carabao Cup double with a Champions League quarter final, I think every single one would have taken it.
Despite everything City achieved this season, an embarrassing slip-up to Wigan in the FA Cup and a disappointing capitulation to Liverpool in the Champions League shows, if anything, that this team can still improve.
This season still has five league games to go and the final stages of the Champions League to come.
But already I am salivating at the prospect of next season’s title race.
I fully expect City to build on this year’s achievements, but I also expect our opponents to reply in kind.
It is no secret Liverpool have been superb in the second half of the season, Manchester City fans know this better than anybody.
I can see Mo Salah continuing his all-conquering form at the summer’s World Cup, returning in August ready to lead Liverpool to a title challenge.
Manchester United will respond as they always have done when things haven’t gone their way and will undoubtedly open the chequebook to solve their woes.
Roman Abramovich will make sure that Chelsea are back in the title race next season by any means necessary, too.
This is all before I’ve mentioned Tottenham, who could well upset the odds next term too.
With the Premier League’s standard set to improve and Sheikh Mansour’s thirst for Champions League success growing ever stronger, next season’s challenge and rewards will be even greater.
This season has been one I’ll never forget. It’s had highs and lows, and twist and turns, just as any
Manchester City season will do.
But it’s provided moments of sheer quality and remains head and shoulders above any season City have played in my lifetime.
What makes it all the sweeter is that we can look at this side and just tell, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
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