Since the departure of Raheem Sterling in the summer it has been clear that Manchester City lack pace in wide areas and with Erling Haaland leading the line, it seems critical that Pep Guardiola fills this void in order to supply Haaland’s goalscoring appetite.
There is no question that Manchester City’s current wide players are good enough to succeed at City, but the one thing they all lack is the one thing Guardiola can’t teach them: electric pace.
Guardiola teams of the past have always featured this profile of player, with Arjen Robben at Bayern Munich and Lionel Messi at Barcelona having the ability to bypass defences with their sheer pace and dribbling ability.
