If Manchester City’s owners really do want to project a good image of themselves all around the world via the fortunes of their football team, the post-Pep plan is surely becoming obvious.



It cannot be Mauricio Pochettino, it cannot be Erik Ten Hag, and it cannot even be Mikel Arteta. If City want to achieve the impossible and win over the neutrals, they should give the job to Joe Hart.



Hart should continue to play attractive, successful football, but do it with youngsters Phil Foden, Tommy Doyle and Eric Garcia in the team.



And voila, City would become the new Chelsea again. Only this time the general football public would *checks notes*… like them?



Yes, in just a few months Frank Lampard has made Chelsea both good and likeable. If you were to ask neutral fans which of the current top four they would ideally want to win the Premier League title this season, the answer would probably be Leicester City, but Chelsea would not be far...