Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said the club were not aggressive enough in signing players last summer. City’s results for 2024-25 fell well below their normal expectations and they did not defend their league title or advance in the Champions League past the round of 16. Now, Khaldoon concedes that additional work on the squad before the campaign was needed.
Khaldoon Admits Transfer Hesitation Cost Man City Early In The Season
Speaking in his annual end-of-season interview, Khaldoon told the club’s website: “This year is another year where I think when I look back, last summer, we probably should have been more aggressive in some of the changes we needed to do.
“We didn’t do that and that ended up costing us this year.”
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Khaldoon Confirms Major Summer Rebuild As Man City Prepare For Club World Cup
Khaldoon said: “We already started that rebuild of this team in January. Normally we like to do our business in the summer and, only in case of emergency, a special need that comes up, do we actually go and do business in January.
“That’s been our MO at least for the last seven or eight years – but this January we had to act.”
He added: “That’s four players in January, and that gives you an idea of what’s coming this summer because we will continue.
“We have clearly identified who exactly are the targets, in what positions, and we have our clear number one option, our clear number two option.
“And we’ll go about our business and it will be very clear, very swift. And our objective is to try to be ready with the new squad for the Club World Cup.”
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