article_snippet.sent: The more significant problem is that City’s squad, constructed carefully and expensively, is too old, too foreign and has not been improved by recent transfers.
article_snippet.sent: Manchester City have had a very good team for quite a while now.
article_snippet.sent: Recruitment has, on the whole, been poor, thus allowing established players to coast, perhaps subconsciously, without the pressure of in-house competition.
article_snippet.sent: At all clubs, teams and players must move forward to thrive but too many at Manchester City have stagnated.
article_snippet.sent: It could be that City’s climb back to the very top will be slow.
article_snippet.sent: City’s climb back to the very top will need to be shrewder in the market and hope investment in City’s climb back to the very top academy pays off.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manchester City have made little progress since — Pellegrini .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Despite last year's title win, Manchester City have again failed miserably to retain Manchester City .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Manchester City squad, constructed carefully and expensively, is too old, too foreign .