Manchester City have discovered themselves in a troublesome place after 4 defeats in-a-row in all competitions and they’re at the moment sat 5 factors adrift of Liverpool on the prime of the Premier League desk.
Pep Guardiola solely made two signings in the summertime switch window, Savinho and Ilkay Gundogan, and at the moment has a really skilled squad, with an average age of 27.8.
The Spanish head coach has loads of skilled gamers who’ve been there and performed it however is, maybe, lacking some youthful enthusiasm so as to add one thing totally different at instances.
Bringing Gundogan again to the membership on a free switch from Barcelona, for instance, has not labored out completely so far, as he has struggled within the Premier League.
Ilkay Gundogan’s performances within the Premier League
The German dynamo, who solely spent one 12 months away from The Etihad, has began seven of his ten appearances within the top-flight since his return to the membership in the summertime.
Nevertheless, the 34-year-old central midfielder has struggled to supply a lot in the best way of high quality, with zero goals from 1.29 xG and 0 ‘large possibilities’ created for his teammates in these ten video games.
The Metropolis whiz has additionally lost 51% of his ground duels and averaged simply 0.9 tackles and interceptions per sport within the division, which exhibits that he has failed to supply a lot out and in of possession, having starred within the Premier League earlier in his profession.
Manchester Metropolis could at the moment be regretting their choice to permit Adrian Bernabe to depart on a free switch in the summertime of 2021, because the central midfielder has thrived as a younger expertise since shifting on from the membership.
Adrian Bernabe’s hovering market worth
The Cityzens launched the Spaniard for nothing forward of the 2021/22 marketing campaign and he was valued at just €2.3m (£1.9m) by Transfermarkt on the time, after making five senior appearances for Metropolis within the EFL Cup in three years in Manchester.
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Bernabe has needed to work onerous to make it again to the highest stage, nevertheless, as he joined Parma on a free switch within the Serie B and spent three seasons within the second tier, serving to them to earn promotion final time period.
His type within the Serie A this season, although, means that he has matured and developed sufficient to compete week-in-week-out in a serious European league.
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24/25 season |
Bernabe (Serie A) |
Gundogan (Premier League) |
|---|---|---|
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Appearances |
11 |
10 |
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Massive possibilities created |
1 |
0 |
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Key passes per sport |
1.8 |
1.5 |
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Tackles + interceptions per sport |
2.4 |
0.9 |
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Floor duel success price |
61% |
49% |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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As you possibly can see within the desk above, Bernabe has outperformed Gundogan as a inventive power in midfield, while additionally providing extra defensively.
The 23-year-old, whose dribbling was described as “breathtaking” by U23 scout Antonio Mango, is 11 years youthful than the German midfielder and will have provided extra to Metropolis and Guardiola in midfield within the current day, if they’d stored maintain of him.
His market worth has additionally soared because of his performances for Parma. Transfermarkt has his current market value at €15m (£12.4m), which signifies that it has gone up by a whopping 552% since his exit from England.
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Subsequently, Metropolis could remorse dropping him for nothing as he has developed into a wonderful expertise within the Serie A and will have offered them with the youthful power and high quality that they at the moment lack in midfield with Gundogan.
