As Pep Guardiola enters his seventh season as Manchester City manager, he says he is fired by the desire to get better each year rather than Champions League glory. City start their Premier League campaign at West Ham on Sunday for what he hopes will end with his fifth Premier League title and the elusive triumph in Europe.
Few could have anticipated Guardiola would stay in east Manchester so long after a four years with Barcelona and another three at Bayern Munich. He has spent the summer refreshing his squad as City aim to maintain the momentum that has rarely dipped during the Spaniard’s tenure.
