Back to business for Manchester City, who will face West Ham on Saturday in the Premier League. The opportunity for the Sky Blues, sixth in the championship 14 points behind Liverpool, to turn their heads around after a nightmarish end to 2024, which saw them win only two of their last fourteen matches in all competitions?
Pep Guardiola hopes so, even if the Spanish coach knows that his team’s shortcomings will probably not all have disappeared simply with the change of year. The opening of the winter transfer window could allow him to find solutions to revive his troops and Emmanuel Petit has a recruitment suggestion to make to him.
If the names of Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Bruno Guimarães, Martin Zubimendi and Marc Guéhi have been circulating around the Etihad Stadium, the 1998 world champion would see a Ligue 1 player among the Cityzens. His name: Rayan Cherki. “His qualities are very difficult to find currently in modern footballhe estimates on RMC. The No. 10s have almost disappeared. »
“If I’m City and Guardiola, I’ll take it”
“He plays a little old-fashioned, he puts the attackers in orbit, he makes passes that no one sees… It doesn’t surprise me that he is watched by big English clubshe adds. If I’m City and Guardiola, I’ll take it. City have difficulties in midfield, in creativity. Cherki could bring an energy, hope and a game that Guardiola really likes. »
In the event of interest from the English champions, not sure that OL would be a seller this winter. Author of 5 goals and 7 assists in 18 matches in all competitions, the French junior international (21 years old) recently extended his contract until 2026 and will be an asset at the end of the season to enable Les Gones, currently fifth in Ligue 1 , to find Europe again.
