Too expensive? Analysis of Manchester City s true intention to give up introducing Wilz. Tactical changes may be made directly

In the early morning of May 20, Germany's Sky Sports revealed that Manchester City, coached by Guardiola, has 100% withdrawn from the competition for the core of the pharmaceutical factory, Wilz. Currently, only the Reds Liverpool and Bayern are bidding, but the former is more like raising prices and making trouble.

In previous reports, Wilz has always been the best successor to the midfield core De Bruyne in Manchester City's eyes. For this reason, they also specially invited the players' family to visit Etihad and had friendly exchanges and communication with the club's senior management. Manchester City's actions also made Bayern, who was determined to win. After all, their offer is far from what Leverkusen asks for players, and the pharmaceutical company is not even willing to sell Wilz to them. However, it is still a bit confusing that Manchester City made the decision to withdraw when the bid for Wilz is far from settled. What exactly do they think?

In fact, in the summer of 2023, Manchester City also gave up signing Declan Rice because of its high price. This decision is probably going to make Manchester City and Guardiola regret it until now. Because the latter has now become the undisputed core midfielder of the Gunners, and has performed very well on both offense and defense. Now, Manchester City has given up buying Wiltz, is it because they want to make the regret happen again? This may not be the case.

This season, the most important reason why Manchester City's record has declined severely is that Rodri and other main players were injured. However, with the winter window spending 218 million euros to sign multiple strong players to supplement the lineup, Manchester City's record has not improved much. Not only did they lose the FA Cup championship, but they still have not locked in the UEFA Champions League place next season with two rounds left. In this case, the one who is responsible for this is probably coach Guardiola.

This season is Guardiola's 10th year coaching at Manchester City. In the previous nine seasons, he led Manchester City to win 18 championship trophys including the Premier League and the Champions League, and personally trained the team into a new generation of European giants. He has made outstanding contributions. Guardiola's original contract expired after the end of this season, and he was also ready to retire successfully. However, Manchester City's poor record once again aroused Guardiola's competitive spirit. He immediately accepted a two-year contract extension and parted ways with his wife.

But with strong aids in place, Guardiola still stubbornly insisting on his pass-and-control tactics, and it seems that he has not seen the current strength and technical characteristics of Manchester City players, and it is not suitable for this tactic at all. Especially Haaland, Marmush, Doku and Savigno in the frontcourt, they were all counterattack experts, making them slow to control the ball, undoubtedly playing with the ball with shackles.

Judging from the several signing targets that Guardiola likes, he still wants to continue to implement the pass control tactics in the new season, which also means that Haaland, Marmush and others will continue to struggle, and even the 200 million signings in the winter window have become disposable items and are given up at will. After all, from the moment, Guardiola seems to have no good way to let them exert their maximum power. In other words, even if Wilz joins, Manchester City may not be able to return to the top. Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand that the club's senior management is unwilling to pay up to 300 million to sign Wiltz.

So, after giving up Wiltz, Manchester City may have two major changes in the future. The first is that Guardiola will make changes, formulate tactical play with Haaland as the core, and sign ups based on his technical characteristics. Secondly, Guardiola leaves in the summer, and Manchester City will conduct targeted recruitment in the transfer market according to the new coach's request. But no matter what, Guardiola's passing and control tactics are likely to end.