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While Joey Bosa restructured his contract in 2024 to take a pay cut, the edge rusher’s hefty $36.4-million cap hit, his diminishing performance and growing injury list make it unlikely he would return.

Manchester City's possession, touches per 90 minutes, and passes per 90 have dropped significantly compared to last season, giving them less control of matches and, as Guardiola has said, diminishing their ability to "rest".

"And this suggests that the growing development timelines and budgets that are fuelling these longer games have reached a point of diminishing returns," he says.

But with the increasing human population, the high demand for food is pushing farmers to cultivate in wetlands, leaving crested cranes with diminishing areas to call home.

Despite claims of success, his sabre-rattling on trade could ultimately produce diminishing returns.