Man City in danger of losing “top talent” this week
It was already a very busy January transmission for Manchester Citywho have spent around £ 125 million so far.
New signatures of Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush debut from the beginning against Chelsea On Saturday, a 3-1 victory for Premier league The champions, while Vitor Reis was an unused replacement, hoping that on Sunday he would make his debut in Arsenal in Arsenal.
However, can citizens lose one of their most respected young players, with the player frustrating the lack of time and opportunity to play?
Young man Man City potentially on the move
As he reported Florian Plettenberg and Patrick Berge from Sky Sports DeutschlandBayer Leverkusen “tries to secure” Manchester City young man James McAtee.
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Die Werkself have “filed” a loan offer with the possibility of a purchase of £ 25 million, but James Ducker from the Telegraph believes that was refused by Man City with Pep Guardiola After being “clear” that he has no intention of letting McATee this month.
James Holland of Teamtalk He also adds that after the relocation of Kyle Walker to AC Milan, Sky Blues already has a maximum number of older players on loan, six, so it should be remembered or to sell permanently to ratify this job.
So, why is it so important that Man City holds McATEE?
Why MAN City has to keep James McATEE this January
The midfielder joined the Academy of Citizens at the age of 11, best known for his time at Sheffield United, spent two seasons on loan, helping them get promotion from the 2023 EFL Championship, before the last rather poor campaign for relegation last time lap.
Still, he still scored a hit 14 goals in 75 appearances In South Yorkshire, his first goal of the Premier League, a stunning winner against Brentford in December 2023.
This season he returned to Man City but he saw just 507 minutes of actionHis four starts coming to the Shield community, EFL Cup and FA Cup, achieving the first senior hat-trick against Salford earlier this month.
A week later, he scored his girlfriend’s Premier Sky Blues Girl’s goal league, which arrived in the demolition of Ipswich from 6-0.
Jacek Kulig from a scout football talent He described McATEe as a “top-notch talent”, praising his “electric pace”, dribble ability and “above average decisions in the last third”, undergoing why Guardiola is reluctant to let go 22-year-olds.
However, Sam Lee from athletics He reports that he is frustrated with his “limited occasions”, so could he encourage the move this month?
Cole Palmer repeats for Man City
As he pointed out Mark Ogden from ESPNMan City has been making a huge amount of money from the sale of academic players lately.
Last summer, Liam Delap (£ 15m), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (£ 20m) and Tommy Doyle (£ 4.3 million) were leaving, following James Trafford (15 million pounds), Shea Charles (£ 10) Who,, Morgan Rogers (£ 1 million), Roméo Lavia (£ 10.5 million) and Samuel Edozie (£ 10m), which have also been sold since the summer of 2022; It’s not even mentioning at all Jadon Sancho or Michael Olise.
Most of these players are now succeeding in other clubs, Delap, Lavia and Rogers, especially the high quality regular premier league monks, but none of these remote stitches accelerate Cole Palmer join Chelsea, For the £ 42.5 million reported.
Palmer, Guardiola, rarely gave the opportunity, despite achieving community scoring and Uefa Superup just days before he moved to Chelsea, and that is why the club experienced a feeling of déjà vu when it comes to McAtee.
So, let’s see Palmer and McATee’s Man City Careers compare.
McATEE in Man City against Palmer in Man City |
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Statistics |
McATEE |
Palmer |
Performances |
21 |
41 |
Minutes |
625 |
1,483 |
% appearance ≥20 minutes |
47.6% |
48.8% |
Starts |
4 |
13 |
Times an unused replacement |
42 |
69 |
Goals |
5 |
6 |
Minutes of 90 |
125 |
247 |
Helping |
0 |
2 |
As pointed out in the table, Palmer actually provided Guardiola with significantly more opportunities than McATEE has ever had, which is almost twice as much as the number of appearances and seeing more than twice as many minutes.
This is, despite the fact that, statistically, McATee’s output is actually far more efficient, it has an average goal every 125 minutes.
So, all of this is underline that McATEe, who is the same age as Palmer, a couple born for only five months, should feel completely justified in his feelings that he deserves football football.
If this will not come to Man City, and all available evidence suggests that it will not, it should look like to move, another sale that Sky Blues will surely live in Rue.