Man City Mora Rue to sell Big Walker upgrade

Manchester City ‘With the mass overhaul of their team, it is good and truly started.
Citizens spent £ 180 million in five new recruits in January who, as he noted Philip Buckingham from athleticsis higher costs than all other 19 Premier league Clubs combined.
Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush were thrown in the deep area because of their debut against Chelsea last month, Nico González first appeared in Leyton Orient, on Saturday, while still seeing either Vitor Reis or Juma Bah, the latter was sent on loan to the lens .
So, Sky Blues should continue this strategy comes summer, but especially for one problem, have they already had the perfect future starter of the first team on their books they just agreed to sell?
Edition of Right Beck Manchester City
In early January, after a Salford hammer from 8-0 in the FA Cup, Pep Guardiola dropped a large bomb, By discovering that captain of the club Kyle Walker He asked to leave the club and “explore opportunities abroad”.
Well, a few days later, after 319 appearances For citizens Walker went to AC Milan loanStarting all four matches and rossoners including Wednesday night 1-0 Champions League Defeat of Feyenoord in de Kuip.
Former defender of Everton and Man City Joleon Lescott believes Walker is the “biggest right back” premier league “but the English international is undeniably not at best this season, with Oliver Kay from athletics Noticing that his “speed and athleticism”, the attributes that defined him so long have been declining.
Nevertheless, without a direct replacement, the Guardiola trial Matheus Nunes on the right back, starting Seven consecutive knots In this position, before weekend FA Cup, with your manager Believing in Portuguese international achieves a lot of progress as full back.
On the contrary, Michael Cox from athletics Nunes describes as “unpleasant … improvised right back” while Graham Ruthven from Forbes He adds that “no defensive instincts of natural full back”.
With 20-year-old Ricom Lewis, he is also not inclined, not starting any of the last seven Premier League or Champions League, citizens are still looking for a long -term successor to Walker’s throne, but have they just sold the perfect player for this role?
Last transfer to transfer Manchester City
Man City fans, you probably never heard of Yan Couto, which is enough FER, since he never performed the first team for the club, close to the Shield community 2021 against Leicester when he was unused replacement.
Instead, he spent five years in Main City’s books on loan, partly in Braga, but mostly with the Girona club owned by CFG, spending three seasons in Catalonia, mostly helping Blanquivermells qualify for the Champions League for the first time during the first latest campaign .
As a result, the 22-year-old was first invited to the Brazilian national team, making his debut in the World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Uruguay, before staying on the bench during last summer by Cop América, Although it is only after a A dispute with the CBF, who demanded that he change his “pink signing hair”, Couto later stated “they said she was a little stupid.”
His performances in La Liga earned a wide praise last season, with Jacek Kulig from a scout football talent tagging his “top -notch talent” while Spencer Mossman on the breakdown of lines He claims that “he is up with the best full of back in the world.”
This attracted the attention of Borussia Dortmund, which initially signed it on loan last summer.
Well, a few months later, Die Schwarzgelben agreed to make a move permanent for a A fee of € 30 million (£ 25 million)What is a huge profit for Man City, which initially paid only £ 5m for his Coritibe services.
So, was this a master’s job of citizens or will he regret selling Couto before ever giving him the opportunity?
Let’s see the Brazilian compare to Walker, a man he would replace.
Couto VS Walker Comparison (23/24 and 24/25) |
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Statistics |
Kouto |
Walker |
Performances |
53 |
55 |
Minutes |
3.223 |
5,602 |
Helping |
11 |
4 |
Tap |
2.456 |
4.588 |
Pass the end % |
85.24% |
88.87% |
Download success % |
44.98% |
76.41% |
Accessories |
61 |
68 |
Interceptions |
16 |
36 |
Ball |
195 |
241 |
Duels challenged |
359 |
292 |
Success of a duel for an air duel % |
29.83% |
67.42 |
The success of a ground duel % |
46.36% |
58.17 |
As the desk of drawing, Walker is solidly solid, although Couto has played most of his football since the beginning of last season as a wing, with the Brazilian more than a threat to go ahead, he underlined his 11 assists.
As he noted Optafranz on TwitterCouto wore a 286-meter ball last season in La Liga, the second highest of any player in the Division based on Per-90, behind only Frenkie de Jong; Third on that list, no one else than Savinho.
Only 22 years old, the Brazilian obviously has great potential, no defender in La Liga last season Multiple assists providedso Couto could prove to be the latest in a long series of players that Man City can regret sales.