LONDON — The way Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho have been spending, the Premier League trophy should be returning to Manchester in May. If the overhaul of the squad, costing more than 200 million pounds, doesn’t deliver silverware there will be further uncomfortable questions for the Spaniard. Guardiola has started rebuilding from the back by recruiting fullbacks Benjamin Mendy and Kyle Walker for around 50 million pounds apiece. Striker Romelu Lukaku cost at least 75 million pounds, while Mourinho offloaded captain Wayne Rooney in the opposite direction to Everton. Brighton and Huddersfield were promoted alongside a Newcastle side making an instant return to the Premier League.

Source: National Post August 09, 2017 17:15 UTC