If Manuel Pellegrini leaves the Barclays Premier League at the end of this season — and it is by no means certain — then he will leave behind barely a trace. Inside Manchester City, the Chilean has always provided a welcome contrast to the emotional stresses of life epitomised by his predecessor Roberto Mancini but — on the field and across the landscape of English football — Pellegrini has made the shallowest of footprints. Progress at the Etihad Stadium has in recent years been slight. Indeed, you could say there has been none, particularly in relation to money spent. At City, however, the fact is that the identity of the manager represents only a small part of the problem.Manchester City have made little progress since Manuel Pellegrini arrivedDespite last year's title win, City have again failed miserably to retain itVincent Kompany no longer capable of producing top performancesCity’s squad, constructed carefully and expensively, is too old, too foreign
_ could be out of a job in the summer, and if he is, he will have left little behind.