Khaldoon Al Mubarak branded Manchester City an "economic machine" after seeing the club post record revenues, while insisting the financial results showed the City Football Group continued to be focused on growth.
21.05.2024 - 16:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two of the main protagonists of Manchester City's title celebrations were predictable faces. Jack Grealish and John Stones, unused substitutes against West Ham on Sunday, were first in the dressing room to start the dancing.
And they were among the last to leave the club in the early hours of Monday morning, enjoying their latest title success as they know best. They are professional enough to be ready for the FA Cup final at the weekend before celebrations resume afterwards.
But will they start at Wembley? The chances are that they won't.
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"Sometimes the players make a step up, the other ones," explained Pep Guardiola last week when asked about Stones' recent omissions.
"Manu [Akanji] is playing unbelievable now, Nathan [Ake] was unbelievable as well. That's why. When you play games in that position. Jack last season played a lot, this season [he played] less. In this team, you have to perform consistently well, well, well many times."
It isn't to say that Stones and Grealish haven't played well this season, they just haven't had the run of games both need to perform at their best. And with no room for error in the run-in, Guardiola simply hasn't been able to afford that run of games.
Stones has started once in the last nine games in all competitions, and he came off at half-time of that FA Cup semi-final. He has managed just 21 starts all season, just 12 coming in the Premier League.
Grealish played just 11 minutes in the final four games of the season, starting one of the final six and only managed ten league starts all season - no more
Khaldoon Al Mubarak branded Manchester City an "economic machine" after seeing the club post record revenues, while insisting the financial results showed the City Football Group continued to be focused on growth.
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