No matter how good Manuel Pellegrini is as a manager, Manchester City are setting him up for failure before he’s even been hired as the new boss. Today while on tour in the United States, Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano said this:

“I think that next season is going to be much better. I am convinced about that. It doesn’t mean we are going to win one or two titles but in the grand scheme of things, if we look at the next five years and I could plan now, I would say I want to win five trophies in the next five years.

“That may mean we win no trophy one year and two in another but on average I want one title a year. That includes the Champions League, the Premier League or the FA Cup. Is it a realistic aim? I think it is, yes, but I am talking about five years.

“If next year we don’t win but progress our football and get to the semi-finals of the Champions League, finish second in the Premier League and lose the FA Cup final again that will be fine.

Should Manchester City have lofty ambitions? Certainly, but I wouldn’t be sharing those with the public. City, and Pellegrini, have a ton of work ahead of them, and their chief executive isn’t making it any easier.

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