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Champions League final: City’s golden opportunity to fulfil owners' big ambition
09.06.2023 - 15:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
If City don’t make it a Treble tomorrow by beating Inter Milan in the Champions League final, you have to start wondering if they will ever do it.
Betfred have them odds-on to fulfil the ambition of the Abu Dhabi owners, who pledged when they bought the club to make the Blues a world-class footballing powerhouse.
And after numerous managerial changes since then, Pep Guardiola has now helped them achieve that mission by assembling a superstar squad with bench players who could get into any other team.
How the City boss keeps players, such as Phil Foden, happy despite him not being in the starting XI on a regular basis is testament to his managerial abilities.
As does Guardiola’s tactical nous in the way he’s adapted John Stones’ game, moving him from defence to midfield when the Blues have the ball.
Tomorrow’s Champions League final opponents in Istanbul Inter Milan won’t be as tough opponents as United were at Wembley in the FA Cup final last weekend.
So it’s a case of two down, one to go for magnificent City, who have to ensure there is no complacency in the camp as they go into the game as most people’s favourites.
Betfred make the Blues as short as 1/5 to lift the trophy – while the Italian side are available at 7/2.
By his outrageous standards, Erling Haaland’s goalscoring form has dipped a little recently, but I reckon it’s just a matter of time before the Norwegian is back among the goals.
We make him 15/8 to open the scoring tomorrow – and 10/1 to bag a hat-trick. The money has been piling in at Betfred on City going goal crazy with 4-1 to the Blues proving popular at 20/1 with us.
If all goes to script, it will be City painting Manchester sky blue - and it goes without saying, I will be giving the city centre a
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