Man City could lose two of Pep Guardiola's biggest leaders in the summer

Things couldn't be going better for Manchester City.

They put in one of their most mature and composed Champions League knock-out tie displays to cruise past Bayern Munich, eased into the FA Cup final without breaking a sweat and completely destroyed Arsenal's title hopes with throat-slitting brutality in a 4-1 win which has put them in the ascendency to win the Premier League yet again. Statement victory after statement victory.

A historic treble has never felt close. The sweet joy of triumph and the bitter tears of Manchester United supporters as their great ever accomplishment is equalled by their noisy neighbours can almost be tasted. City are living in the moment and the moment has hardly ever felt so good. But as is the case with the relentless march of football, once the season comes to an end, regardless of how many trophies are won, attention will soon turn to the future and how they can get even better.

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It must be exhausting to hardly have two months to dwell and luxuriate on a lifetime achievement before having to wipe the slate clean but that's the game. It won't be long, if he isn't already, before Pep Guardiola and his superiors have to start their plans for the summer.

The transfer window is always exciting but it would be surprising if City saw as much action as they did last year. In a departure from the club's usual approach of gradual building and subtle tweaks, winds of change swept through the Etihad Stadium. Out went four players - Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Aleks Zinchenko - who had played such an integral role in the club's recent success and in came Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Manuel Akanji