That's why I believe Manchester City won't lose much form even if they have to let Ilkay Gundogan go to Barcelona. Manchester City have plenty of quality players to replace Ilkay Gundogan in their squad, but Kovacic will also fill that role as expected. We still don't know how Manchester City will form next season, but they won't change much.
Some of the players brought in during the transfer market will make them even stronger, that includes defense as well as midfield. I also think that Manchester City will build a better squad and will add some important players in the middle of next season. So far their huge investment has paid off, but they can't afford to let more players leave without someone to replace them.
Manchester city will not own a big influence on their performance next season after Gundogan departure. Manchester City have a lot of quality players in the team so their squad depth is still quite strong next season. Kovacic can still be expected to be the right successor to carry out the tasks left by Gundogan. On the front side Manchester City has a pretty aggressive stikers and we will not doubt their strength in the next season.
We see Manchester City in the Premier League are still strong enough to say that they are candidates for the title. It will be difficult for other teams to sever on Manchester City positive trend in the Premier League next season. Manchester City have now managed to get a second player in this transfer window where Josko Gvardiol reportedly has agreed all the conditions to join Manchester City.
Manchester City for a fact has lost few of their players that helped the club win treble last season but that doesn't stop them from being the strongest English Premier League club at the moment.
After the departure of IIkay Gundogan, he was replaced with former Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic and which I think is a perfect replacement and now that Riyad Mahrez is gone City still possess squad that's capable of winning as much as they won last season