Manchester City has not spent a large amount of money on player purchases this season. I thought that Manchester City management would try to find a worthy replacement for De Bruyne. But they did not do that. Manchester City cannot find a worthy replacement for De Bruyne. This is one of the reasons why City's overall performance has been erratic this season.
Guardiola's match strategy cannot be considered too high now. Because the opposing coaches understand Guardiola's match strategy quite well. Moreover, we can see the decline in Manchester City's attacking performance. The team is now in a very shaky state. The possibility that City will compete for the title this season is very low.
Replacing De Bruyne is not a given, he is an exceptional player, who in my opinion could still give a lot to Manchester City, but they decided to give him to Napoli who signed an exceptional player, regarding City it is difficult to find a player with those characteristics, but it must be said that they did not do much to find him