Pep Guardiola welcomed back his entire Manchester City squad to training at the City Football Academy on Monday as pre-season training resumed in the North-West.After a turbulent campaign that saw

Manchester City return to training as many questions abound. The club showed us the new pics of the lads arriving that just really revs us up for the new season. One full of hope, excrement and curiosity as to what the new season will bring.

That the question ‘Are Man City title contenders?’ feels less rhetorical than at any time since Pep Guardiola really go his feet under the desk is matched by the existence – also for the first time since that moment – of the phrase ‘third favourites Manchester City’.