Man City fans deliver verdict on Premier League title chances as transfer priority highlighted

An overwhelming percentage of Manchester City supporters believe the club will retain their Premier League crown at the end of this season.

City moved to within two points of league leaders Liverpool after coming from behind to beat Brentford 3-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Monday. Phil Foden netted a hat-trick to help them register a ninth successive win in all competitions.

With their uncharacteristic blip now behind them, City, who have a game in hand on Liverpool, look as though they could be difficult to stop as they pursue a fourth successive Premier League title. And that is the general opinion of City supporters who recently participated in an MEN survey following the conclusion of the January transfer window.

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Of the 349 City fans that participated in the survey, a whopping 82 per cent of them have backed City to finish top of the pile come May. A much smaller percentage size of just 16 per cent think they will finish second.

With that positive outlook in mind, it is no surprise that 91 per cent of survey participants believe manager Pep Guardiola has the squad to achieve City's goals between now and the end of the season. They are still in with a chance of clinching another historic Treble and retaining their Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup crowns.

With the vast majority of City fans who participated in the survey happy with the current landscape of the squad, it is little surprise that 54 per cent of voters said they were 'satisfied' with the club's work in the January window. City added River Plate winger Claudio Echeverri to their ranks, but he