Manchester City will begin their pre-season training next week as many of their rivals have already taken steps to guard against them
With Jurgen Klopp gone, that team that look best placed to challenge Manchester City are the one led by Pep Guardiola 's former assistant.
Liverpool under Klopp were a different beast, and one that Guardiola never fully managed to tame in games even if he almost always got the better of them over a 38-game league campaign. Arne Slot will have his own ideas about the squad at Anfield but has previous described watching City as the "ultimate joy in football" and the new elite development coach at Liverpool, Aaron Briggs, was wanted by Arteta at Arsenal after impressing as a first team analyst at City.
Then there is Chelsea, who are copying the Arsenal model of hiring a former Guardiola assistant to get them challenging for titles again. Enzo Maresca's first interview with the club website remarkably managed not to mention the influence of the City boss or Maresca's contribution to City winning the Treble, but they now have even more experience of the Blues in addition to former head of academy recruitment Joe Shields and others who have made the trip.
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