Mateo Kovacic: Manchester City Under Pressure to Regain Premier League Crown
Croatian midfielder admits City feel the heat after two years without the title, while remaining non-committal about his future beyond Pep Guardiola.
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Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic admits his team is under pressure to reclaim the Premier League title after a two-year drought, amid heavy spending by rivals like Chelsea and Arsenal.
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Manchester City won four straight Premier League titles before Liverpool and Arsenal finished top in the past two seasons.
Mateo Kovacic has conceded that Manchester City are under pressure to regain the Premier League crown they last claimed two years ago, although the Croatian midfielder could not guarantee he would be around for the first campaign of the post-Pep Guardiola era.
After winning four straight titles, City have seen Liverpool and Arsenal finish top of the pile in the past two seasons.
Kovacic’s former club Chelsea, where he spent five years before joining City in 2023, have spent heavily this summer in a bid to rejoin the title argument, while Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal manager, said his club was “very active [in our player search] trying to improve and evolve”.
“I think the pressure is on everybody … on us especially, because we haven’t won it two years in a row,” Kovacic told the South China Morning Post.
“Clubs are spending a lot. Chelsea’s one of them, and I think they added some great players.
“Big clubs are about winning, so you always feel the same pressure.”
Preguntas abiertas
- Will Mateo Kovacic stay at Manchester City beyond Pep Guardiola's tenure?
