Match-break pricing raises eyebrows
Manchester City have launched £149 match-break packages for the coming season, and the pricing suggests the club is already thinking about how to sell the Enzo Maresca era.
The packages go beyond a standard travel offer. They represent an early attempt to frame the new manager's first campaign in a particular way — though whether that framing will land with supporters is another matter.
At £149, these aren't budget options. They sit firmly in premium territory, which feels notable for a season that follows significant change. Bernardo Silva and John Stones have left. Arsenal are champions. There's a new man in the dugout.
And yet the club is asking for a decent chunk of change before a ball has been kicked under Maresca.
The message seems clear enough: this is being positioned as an event, not a transition. Whether supporters will buy into that remains to be seen.