Jamie Carragher has launched a warning to Manchester City while preparing to debut their new January signings against Chelsea.
The City has endured a torrid season so far for its standards, currently occupies the fifth place in the Premier League and the edge of the elimination in the Champions League.
After losing Rodri due to a cross ligament injury at the beginning of the season, his shape has struck. The recent league results have been more positive, but the 4-2 defeat against the PSG on Wednesday called attention again.
It is likely that the Premier League teams only have to finish in the top five of the table to reach the champions League next season, something that the City will be careful while other teams step on their shoulders.
Now they also enter a streak more difficult, with Chelsea as next Saturday and the Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool following the Premier League after that.
The defending champions have joined their team this summer, and the three, Abdukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush and Vitor Reis, will be involved this weekend. Carragher, however, has reservations.
Jamie Carragher fired Manchester City and Pep Guardiola (in the photo) after they spent more than £ 120 million in players.
Carragher wrote that the Premier League defenders will not qualify for the Champions League if their new signings do not start working.
Abdukodir Khusanov (right), on whom the City spent £ 33 million, has been hired to help in its season.
“If Pep Guardiola signings in January do not work, they will not be classified for the next season champions league,” he wrote in his last column for The telegraph. 'The Premier League champions are carrying the concept (of panic purchase) to another level.
'They need a wave of panic transfers. It is not usual to see a club of such a size react in the middle of the season, but they had no choice. This is an emergency state in Etihad and an admission that most of its recent recruitment has been poor. ”
The bad streak of the City's results allowed him to win only one league match between November 2 and December 26, a nine -game streak that also saw him suffer six losses.
While they have invested this month, Carragher pointed out some previous agreements over the years that have not proven to be so successful.
Several members of the 2023 triplet team have already left, including Aymeric Laporte, Julian Alvarez and Riyad Mahrez, while Kyle Walker has left the club for AC Milan.
Since then they have had difficulty replacing them, and the former Liverpool's defense converted into an expert selected some specific names.
He referred to Matheus Nunes, Kalvin Phillips and Jeremy Doku as players who have had difficulty adapting, and added that “that is a lot of money for low performance players.”
“When this terrible streak began, it seemed a collapse overnight, but the roots date back to 2022, when the City agreements had their eyes on the future and some decisions failed,” he wrote.
Vitor Reis (left) cost almost 30 million pounds sterling, and Omar Marmous (right) the most expensive with 64 million pounds sterling.
Carragher recalled the problems that began many years ago, with signings like Kalvin Phillips failing.
The City starts a difficult streak of Premier League matches against Chelsea de Enzo Maresca on Saturday
This month, the City has spent £ 122.5 million on its three new signings: Marmous costed £ 64 million, almost £ 30 million and Khusanov £ 33 million.
The plan was to change the team in the summer, but the plans were advanced due to the difficulties of this campaign.
Guardiola said before the clash against Chelsea: “Last season we did not do much due to the exceptional quality of the team.
“We anticipated three or four and we should do it in summer, (but) we had to do it here because of the amount of injuries, the problems we had.”