Pep Guardiola's Manchester City\n\n City are the best and most successful proponent of positional play. They try to gain a numerical advantage in the first line, through their centre-backs moving wide and the number six taking up a position beyond the opposition's first line of defence to create a triangle (above).

After all, according to reports in various media outlets, Manchester City are accused of 50 breaches of providing inaccurate financial information, eight breaches in relation to manager remuneration from 2009-03, 12 breaches in relation to player remuneration from 2010 to 2024, five breaches linked to Uefa financial ...