I can say currently Manchester City is the only team we know they can have hope for the next Champions League title with Pep Guardiola because they are still in good form and they could stay stable and keep the main players they need for the next season. Also, Guardiola is improving the team and we can see even stronger Manchester City in the next Champions League season.
This credit you’re given to them can only be so because of their outstanding performance in the last season’s champions league competition. We don’t know how this upcoming season’s champions league is going to go well for them, but we can conclude now that they’ll go far and make it to the knockout stages. After that, their performance when the next season begins will determine how far they’ll go in the champions league or if they can still retain the title for the second time consecutively..
The champions league as the name indicates is not a farmer's league that we can easily assume that because a team outperformed in the previous season and won the title same event will reiterate itself, of course it has happened with the likes of Real Madrid having it back to back but it wasn't that easy and no one saw it coming either. City as sure to do so well next season but winning the title immediately again is what doesn't seem possible, if you take a critical look at the transfers of usual favorite teams in UCL like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich it will scare you to agree that City can win the title again next season.
The fact that Manchester City conquered the whole of Europe last season and lifted the UEFA Champions League title shouldn't make anyone think that they're gonna repeat that same feat again in the 2023/24 season.
Real Madrid in 2016-2018 were the only to have consecutively won the European Cup for over 3 decades and I don't think the current Manchester City squad has what it takes to repeat that feat. City will perform well in the Champions League next season but I don't think they can win it
The best reason to not believe that Manchester City wins it again was the final against Inter Milan when everyone thought that they are going to take it home with ease and cover a handicap of 1 or 2 goals, but Inter Milan could have won that game as well. These little things that decide over win or defeat are sometimes out of anyone's control. Otherwise we wouldn't love the game as much if it was all set in stone before the final whistle.
But what strikes me as odd is that you say you don't think they
can win it. In like, there is no chance for them? They are too bad? I fully disagree with this. I would say they can win it, but there are a few other teams that can also win it.