He definitely needs to improve his physicality without question. He was getting bullied by Joelinton and Saint-Maxim away to Newcastle, they were bursting past him and brushing him off for fun.
I think La Liga will suit him more though.
Are the numbers I see accurate or am I tripping.. 16 appearances in the league in 4 years (how many as starters). Lmao those are the numbers of a bum
I don't think that's a good transfer at all.
He is slow, lacks physical strenght (it struck me how unmuscular he looks) and is quite short for for a CB with only 183 cms in height also not being good at aerial play.
But I wish him luck at Barca and hope pe proves me wrong.
I cannot understand our obsession with weak CBS. Even Pique at his peak was weak. Does the club hate strength and muscle?
The answer is the obsession with with Barca DNA former La Masia players, that's why they signed him since there is absolutely no other reason they would, the lad barely played for City and didn't make an impression.
I have never seen this dude play... appearance wise, doesn't look like much, but neither did Lenglet and look how well that turned out for us!
I posted this question in my first post but I'll post it again. How come a club like City didn't put more emphasis on him gaining mass?
Idk, but maybe it's a dangerous thing to do with a teenager who's still growing. There's a possibility more focus will be on the physical side now that he's older, but I doubt he'll transform like Goretzka.
It's strange isn't it. I wonder if once they knew he was not signing the contract to extend, that they basically just stop bothering to monitor his development.