With the experience Guardiola has I think Man City will remain strong for the season. They have provided strong evidence in the last season. Although today they have different players, but their quality is better. So I think the reason for the busy schedule won't make Man City bad.
Indeed, there are always many possibilities, this is because there are still quite a lot of matces. There are about twenty-four games still left for the EPL. Indeed at the moment Newcastle and Totenham are obvious threats. Their gap is very slim a one-time mistake would allow Man City to drop the rankings.

Right now money determines whether the team will be the best team or not, without lots of money, of course it is difficult to build a team that is truly perfect in the current era of football, now we have seen how money is the main factor for a team to be strong, like as Newcastle is currently starting to improve and it is possible that Newcastle will become a strong competitor in the Premier League, the Premier League will start next week and we will be able to enjoy the intense competition from the most competitive league later and I hope that Manchester City will be able to put strong pressure on the arsenal which is currently at the top of the standings.

PSG is clearly well decorated club in UEFA with having the biggest quality players pool and luxury of funds through Arab connections but still there is nothing predictable about their future in Champions League because they are doing their best for this title but sadly having nothing positive in last few years, but now situation is completely different for them because their opponent is having issues and their frontline is clearly working better which is positive development for them if they are able to beat Bayern Munich then surely this could be best ever thing for them and improve their chances for the win in this event but still they also have to wait for few other results as well because few more teams are having enough quality for win the race.

Manchester united need a new talented striker who can display what Messi and Mbappe displayed in the FIFA world cup competition, and they are ready to pay any amount of money to sign such player into the team. I don't think, Griezmann is good for that position because his performance in his formal team Barcelona was not too good before he moved to Atletico Madrid which will be some disadvantage that will make Manchester united coach not to sign him. If Manchester united coach can be able to get a new talented striker before next month, I think, they will definitely drag the first position with Manchester city before the end of this tournament.

Mirror says that Frenkie de Jong has told Erik ten Hag about his being willing to join for Manchester United now.

However this doesn't seem convincing news to me. Because it didn't seem like de Jong was that much eager to leave last summer. A couple of teams were rumoured with him then. Manchester United even negotiated terms with Barcelona but they couldn't agree on the transfer fee. de Jong didn't say even for once like he wanted to leave. Xavi also said that he would like to see him in the lineup. And now he is still a regular player in the starting eleven. While he doesn't have any problem with his playing time and Barcelona are in a better condition than Manchester United also, I don't see any reason for de Jong to wish to leave suddenly.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manutd-dejong-transfer-tenhag-barcelona-28761691

This is just the first start for Ten Hag so it's still in the process of improving Manchester United even though the management has spent a lot of money on players but indeed that hope is still not satisfied plus they are now lacking a striker there is a possibility that in the January transfer market Ten Hag can spend on players but that it is not certain which one to choose, but the fact is that spending a lot of money is not in accordance with helping the team to be better.

Actually I put my hopes on Ten Hag, but if we evaluate it now, there hasn't been any change at all. Maybe after two seasons at Manchester United, we will know how Ten Hag's character carries his team.

it is difficult to get players who can play in several positions at this time so when Chelsea managed to bring in Nkunku of course it was a fortune, being able to play in various positions would certainly make it very easy for the Graham Potter to formulate the right strategy for Chelsea game, the arrival of Nkunku I think will be able to replace the position who was left by Lukaku or maybe Potter will prefer to play Nkunku in a midfield position later, while playing at Leipzig Nkunku has played a very important role and I think next summer he will give the same thing to Chelsea later.

Although Man utd have bought players with huge money and they end up been flop but you can't blame it on them only and ask them to go for free agents. In football some players find it hard to live up to hype when in top clubs, some turn out to be injury prones all this happens in every club. The times I blame clubs on some transfer is when it is base on nepotism just like Man utd favouring English players or because a coach is too adamant on bringing in a particular player when they are better options available. But over rall buying young talents or even Marquee signings looks like a gamble. The best is to build your own academy players which seems hard in modern football. Clubs are eager to get results and they tend not to trust there academic graduates more or even offer them time

I still can't believe that he is not moving to Al-Nassr, those guys offered him 500 million euro for 2.5 years, that is 200 million a year, how could anyone reject that? I get that he likes his freedom and being in Al-Nassr would mean that he would have to follow their culture or it would be a big trouble for him, all of which means even his family would be pressured into living the way they live unless they want risk, so that type of thing is a scary thing or could be at least and I understand that.

However, we are talking about FIVE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS! that is good enough to literally do whatever you are told to do, just way too much money to reject.

You know, the Premier League Trophy is just as important as the Champions League Trophy. and that also applies to Manchester City, even though they always target to win the Champions League trophy. the real fact is, Manchester City slipped in two matches out of 14 matches. they have two draws, and 2 defeats against Liverpool and Brenford. and I guess, not something on purpose.  because of that, Arsenal was able to keep their distance from The Citizen.

In short, Arsenal is currently at the top of the Premier League standings even though it is only 5 points adrift with Manchester City. not something that is difficult for City to overtake, because after all the Premier League schedule still has a lot of matches. moreover, currently the Gunners are in trouble. The loss of a central striker meant that Arteta had to move quickly to find a ready replacement in Grabriel Jesus' position. I am still optimistic, if Arteta brings in a suitable newcomer this January. Arsenal still have a big chance of winning the Premier League trophy.

No chance for him as even chelsea already rejected a rumour about his transfer to the club. This time ronaldo is still looking for a new club to play with. He has not yet got any offer from the club. It seems like that al nassr may become his new place rather than going to the big club but he will be rarely playing for the club. He has the biggest fan base in the world but remember that he can't deny if he was become even older than before. His time has come and he must accept if these days the football team rarely interested with the old player like him.

I think Manchester City does a good job. Because they rely on Erling Haaland only for goals. The others supply the ball to him and he is trusted to do the finishing job. And he’s doing the job quite well. I think Manchester City have excellent teamwork. The problem is that during certain matches they are not being able to perform as they should. Just like the match against Liverpool. Liverpool was not in very good shape, but Manchester City still lost against Liverpool.

I also agree that Erling Haaland is the most successful or at least one of the most successful transfers that Manchester City have made recently. At least this is far better compared to what they did when they brought in Jack Grealish for 100 million.

I feel like buying a player just after a world cup because of a few good games is not a good idea. Look at James Rodriguez, dude got to Real Madrid with just one superb world cup tournament but we have not seen him do well at all after that.

It could be said that Goncalo played a great world cup as well but we have seen him play in 5 games, and that is not enough to just buy a player. United needs someone who has been consistently great, plus if they are going to pay that much money then it would be smarter to get someone who has proven themselves in premier league before. I think it would be smart to look for someone who is 28 or older and just get a free agent instead.

In my opinion, Karim Benzema would be the last person to leave this Real Madrid squad. If I'm not wrong he has been at the club since 2009 and we have witnessed him play under the shadow of players like Gonzalo Higuaín or Cristiano Ronaldo.

We have seen him at his lowest point when he scored five goals and we have also seen him at his highest point when he has scored more than 25 to 30 goals in a season. As of right now, I think he is really happy to be part of Real Madrid. I hope that he will continue to do so for the rest of his career.

Some of the La Liga clubs are waiting for the fair-play announcement to see how much they could spend. Barcelona is very limited and cannot spend much after their expensive summer. They are planning to add another sponsor which is this time WhiteBIT, maybe more are planned too.

If Saka is transferred to Manchester City, Arsenal will also be weakened. Manchester City will throw one stone and hit two birds if they make this transfer. Bayern Munich were using the same transfer methods to weaken Borussia Dortmund. This method is a good tactic in terms of squad planning, but it will be a bad transfer for us as it will end the competition in the league. On the other hand, I think Jude Bellingham is a better football player than Saka. If Manchester City sign Jude Bellingham, they will expand their squad and intensify the competition. Jude Bellingham is a young and talented football player. He had a great assist in that Senegal match. I think this transfer will be positive for Manchester City if it happens.

I still can't forget about the legendary season Manchester City had in the Premier League. They were in a similar condition to Liverpool's current one but they climbed the positions one by one and even got a comfortable championship by opening a quite big gap with their closest rival.

Maybe it is too much to ask from Liverpool to do a similar thing in this season. Because it is a really low chance and we don't see this kind of stories come true very often. Apart from that, Liverpool's situation is even more difficult. Because Arsenal and Manchester City have been doing an amazing work until this point. It means that there isn't only one serious title contender at the moment. It is very difficult for Liverpool to get past both of these beasts. But even if they finish in top 3 despite this bad start, it'd still be a nice work.