Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City head into the international break after three straight Premier League defeats, the latest a 3-1 loss at Nottingham Forest that left them second and six points behind Arsenal. They host Fulham at the Etihad on 21 November.
That is a sharp drop from the standards City set not so long ago. The 2017/18 side Pep Guardiola built finished on 100 points, the only team in English top-flight history to reach three figures.
They won 32 of 38 league games, 16 at home and 16 away, and the 50 points they collected on their travels set another record. They also won 18 league games in a row between August and December 2017.
The goals told the same story. City scored 106, reaching 100 quicker than anyone before them with a 4-1 win over West Ham and three games still to play, and finished with a goal difference of +79.
They lost only twice and took the title by 19 points, another record. The 100th point arrived in the 94th minute at Southampton on the final day, when Gabriel Jesus chipped the goalkeeper after a long ball from Kevin De Bruyne. It was Guardiola’s first 100-point season as a manager.
A decade on, Puma looks ready to honour that team on the club’s main shirt. The 2027/28 home kit will reportedly pay homage to the Centurions season, marking exactly ten years since the record.
According to the leak, the shirt uses a sky blue base with dark navy logos. White and gold detailing carries the tribute, and the overall look recalls the simple 2017/18 shirt City wore in the Nike era.
The leak does not say where the gold and white will sit, so the collar, trim and any commemorative text remain unconfirmed. The shirt is expected to go on sale in May or June 2027.
A fan-made concept, shared online this week, shows how it could look. It pairs a sky blue field with a white stripe above a gold one near the hem, while the Puma cat and club crest sit in navy. It is unofficial, but it matches the reported colours.
The reaction was lively. Some liked it straight away, and one supporter called it simply aces. Another joked that somebody must have thought the gold would win City the league.
Others wanted changes. One fan asked for the smallest hint of red, another wanted the 1960s red and black striped away shirt to return, and a third accused Puma of uninspiring work.
The rest of the 2027/28 range is taking shape too. The away shirt reportedly revives the 1993-95 pinstripes in white with navy lines, while the third kit is tipped to be Ultra Blue with fluro pink branding.
None of it is official, because neither Puma nor City has confirmed any design. The Goat shirt will arrive first, but the home shirt is the one City will wear in matches next season.
