5 things Manchester City must do to succeed next season as well

#2 Conduct transfer business early

Riyad Mahrez looks set to join Manchester City

City's transfer business last season was exemplary as the club moved swiftly and decisively to get its targets, this gave Guardiola ample time to work with his team in pre-season and get the new entrants to tow his line of thinking.

This had a positive effect on the team's season as some of the new boys like goalie Ederson, fullbacks Benjamin Mendy (before his injury) and Kyle Walker slotted into the team almost immediately.

More of this will be needed and given that the World Cup will end in the middle of July, the manager may not have too much time to gel his new players as the league starts in August.

Leicester City winger Riyadh Mahrez and Napoli's central midfielder Jorginho are the two players that have been consistently linked to the Etihad and the rumoured £100 million splurge for both players should happen sooner in the interest of the club.

The manager has consistently said that the club will only look to get two or three players in this summer and given the fact that the two linked players would not be participating at the World Cup, signing them early makes a lot of sense for the Cityzens.