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Manuel Pellegrini has admitted he needs to win titles after finally being .
Pellegrini knows the pressure is on him to succeed after Roberto Mancini was sacked for winning nothing last season.
“Everyone knows that if you arrive at a club like Manchester City you need to win titles,” said the former Real Madrid boss after the worst-kept secret in football was officially revealed.
“Manchester City have invested a lot of money to improve the squad, to try every year to win titles.
“It was not successful this time, but I am sure in the next years we will win maybe the Premier League and the Champions League. We will try to win the lot.”
City were impressed by Pellegrini’s record in the Champions League and he reached the quarter-finals in his debut campaigns with Villarreal and Malaga.
“All my experience will help me,” said the Chilean, who won two league titles in Argentina and officially takes over on June 24 .
“With Malaga, I reached the quarter-final of the Champions League and with Villarreal the quarter-final and semi-final.
“All my experience will be very useful to arrive in Manchester and win the Champions League.”
Pellegrini, 59, is confident he can because of the talented squad he is inheriting.
“I think we have wonderful players, who can reach for titles in the next three or four seasons here in Manchester,” he said. “Everything is in place for Manchester City to continue to be successful and I’m excited to work with such a talented squad.”
City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said: “Manuel is a highly-experienced and successful manager with a proven track record.”
by building sides that played open football, and he feels this is the best way to deliver success at City.
“My first message is to tell all the fans of Manchester City that they will enjoy the season,” he said. “It will be an attractive and offensive style of play.
“I’m sure all of us together will reach the targets Manchester City deserves. I like attractive, attacking football. I like all the people who come that they can see a wonderful show – maybe show is not the right word – but they will enjoy the way we play.
“We are not going to be a team that scores a goal then goes back waiting for a counter-attack.”
City are prepared to back 59-year-old Pellegrini’s beliefs, and their signings of and ( for our scouting report on Navas) show they are committed to his philosophy.
The Blues hope Spain Under-21 midfielder , and the South American aims to build on the foundations laid by Roberto Mancini.
“I think Roberto did a great job in Manchester,” he said. “He won the title after 44 years. But now we are starting a new cycle, a new style of club.
“We want to add to what Roberto has done over the years. But I hope we will start another way of playing.
“I have one month before I start. I have a lot to do to start the new season, to work with the players and see how far we can advance. I am sure we are going to have a very good season.
“I know a lot of the players in the squad. Pablo Zabaleta was a junior player at San Lorenzo when I was there. I know the players who have played in Spain – Sergio Aguero, David Silva – a lot of the players in the squad.”