Manchester City chief executive wants five trophies in five years

Chief executive Ferran Soriano wants Manchester City to win five trophies in the next five years.

Soriano is overseeing the search for a new manager after the club sacked Roberto Mancini, who was at the Etihad Stadium for three-and-a-half years.

“I would say I want to win five trophies in the next five years,” said Soriano.

“That may mean we win no trophies one year and two in another, but on average I want one trophy or title a year.”

I bet Mancini will be less than impressed with this statement, because, by Soriano’s reckoning, if he had won two trophies next season, which he could have, that would have made his average trophy haul one a year.

Manuel Pelligrini, although not yet officially announced, is all set to be in charge at the Etihad next season and I’m sure he’ll be delighted that his new chief exec has set him this challenge of at least a trophy a year, not.

Man City obviously want to join Europe’s elite but they’ve still got a lot to learn because I don’t see any of Europe’s established powerhouses coming out with statements like this one.

Making big bold declaration’s like this only does one thing heaps the pressure on everyone involved with the club, and gives the media and your rivals free reign to criticise if there’s even a hint that you’re failing.

While they have made great progress in the last five years, stories like this prove that City still have some way to go to get where they want to be.