Gary Neville tells Man City how not to react to losing run - using Manchester United example

The temptation for Manchester City would be to open the chequebook and spend their way out of trouble.

Fans are asking whether a more specialist 'Plan B' for Rodri is required as the Ballon d'Or winner is out for the season and City still haven't perfected a way to play without him. Kevin De Bruyne isn't getting any younger or fitter, and City don't have a second striker to ease the load on Erling Haaland.

There are grumbles from the stands over Kyle Walker's form, exacerbated by another footrace lost against Tottenham, and the captain is another north of 30.

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But pundit and former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has cautioned against a reactionary overhaul in the transfer window to get out of trouble.

Posting on LinkedIn, Neville drew on his own experience from his time at Old Trafford and in business to warn City that a 'complete rebuild' wouldn't improve anything in the short term.

He wrote: "Three things are happening: They look like they’ve grown a little old together, they’ve run too many marathons which eventually takes its toll physically, [and] number 1 and 2 combined can then lead to the head being muddy and mentally you just feel drained.

"It happened a couple of times to United in my career. Thankfully I came through the other side of it as part of the mini rebuild/transition that needed to occur.

"All eyes will be on Pep [Guardiola] and what he does to arrest this immediate decline in results. The obvious is to look at the transfer windows coming up. However the reason I used