Manchester City is in a crisis. Still in the Champions League, still the Champions League ticket in the Premier League achievable, but for England’s best club for the last five, six years, this is a state of crisis in BIG letters. This comes at the same time as the announced exit for what has been City’s most important asset off the pitch, sporting director Txiki Begiristain.
Manchester United have got their coach for Sporting, City bring in Hugo Viana. This is the sporting director, who together with Ruben Amorim gave Sporting a bit of a successful journey in recent years. It’s nothing new that Viana is taking the job at City, but now the whole process is speeding up.
The plan was for Viana to keep the position at Sporting for the rest of the season, on Tuesday reports that the sporting director has asked to resign here and now, which the club has agreed to.
Manchester City have spent almost as much on the January transfer market as the 19 other Premier League clubs combined. Viana probably realized the massive activity in the transfer market will greatly affect the job he is measured on. Just as well to throw yourself into it.
