I feel with City they aren't the shiny new project anymore that was once promised and it's going to really start affecting them, similar to PSG actually, there was a dream that was sold, we have all this money, we will have the best players in the world, the best manager and will win everything, and sure they have been successful in the last 8 years or so domestically winning a few titles, no one cant take that away from them, but no one really deep down cares about them, even when they win a title it barely makes the headlines, no one ever roots for the rich kids, rather the humble working class kid who has defied odds and made it to the top,
There stars of the last decade who were integral to there rise and success have either left or are about too or injured more than they are fit, Kompany leaving has left a massive hole in that defence and I can't see any leaders in that team, Silva looked the shadow of the player he ever was tonight and checked out, Aguero is as per on the treatment bench, these new "stars" just don't have the same grit that that original core had and i feel over the next year they are all going to start getting bored and there heads swayed,
Sane is already desperate to get out, Bernardo Silva has looked way off the pace this season, Jesus is not a striker that will carry you to a title and there main star De Bruyne will be out of there very soon, he's 28 and entering his peak and if City get banned from the UCL he will be desperate to get one last pop at winning the champs, who else is stand out in that squad ?
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying they will disappear to mid table, they've got far too much cash to let that happen, however, there shine and sparkle is dimming, their not as attractive to players as once were.