“I don’t see why Manchester City spent 100 bars on a guy who, a priori, is not going to play much. (…) It’s nonsense. » In his weekly column on YouTube, Pierre Ménès did not mince his words about Ayyoub Bouaddi, recruited at a high price by the Skyblues and replacing during his first two matches in the Premier League.
Legitimate doubts to which the young Moroccan midfielder (18 years old) quickly answered. Tuesday evening, for the Citizens’ first match in the Champions League, on the pitch of FC Porto, the former jewel of LOSC was started by Enzo Maresca in the midfield, alongside Enzo Fernandez. And his performance was praised from all sides!
“In training, he is incredible, I spoke to the president about it. We have a nugget!reacted Erling Haaland, author of a double against the Portuguese and a bit of a tease. He had a very good match tonight but I think he should have passed me in the second half, I was on my own. I was a little angry so I’m going to tell him right away. »
Ayyoub Bouaddi gets everyone in agreement!
“He’s a fantastic playeradded his trainer. I think he was very good tonight. We can expect Erling, Ruben (Dias) or Mateo (Kovacic) to manage these kinds of matches better but we don’t expect that from an 18-year-old player and he was excellent. I didn’t see him panic at any point, so congratulations to Ayyoub. »
An opinion shared by two legends, Clarence Seedorf and Wayne Rooney, consultants for Prime Video Sport UK. “Some find him slow, but (Sergio) Busquets was too.
Being able to keep the ball, position yourself accurately and read the game with such intelligence all the time at your age is exceptional,” greeted the Dutchman.
“Playing Rodri’s position in midfield with so much discipline and maturity at only 18 years old is extremely difficultadded the Englishman. Bouaddi is calm, exudes immense confidence in his technical qualities, and his ability to eliminate thanks to his body feints cannot be taught. » Very promising, then.
