After taking Southampton 4-1 to reach the fab final four, City ushered in a two-week off-season. But their top brass is not idle. According to the Portuguese media "A Bola" broke the news, Manchester City has been infinitely close to signing The Portuguese Sports 23-year-old midfielder Matthews Nunes, his liquidated damages of 60 million euros, the Premier League champions are trying to reduce the transfer fee by loaning young players in the squad, etc., but there is no doubt that in view of the good relationship, both sides are positive about the deal.
In the previous Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City won 5-0 over two legs to reach the quarter-finals of Portugal Sports, but although the latter lost, midfielder Matthews Nunes still left a good impression on Manchester City, in the first leg, he played the whole game, 4 breakthroughs and 3 successes, in addition to 1 steal, 1 interception and 1 clearance and 5 successful long passes, the pass success rate reached 87%. In fact, before that, Manchester City manager Guardiola had praised Nunes, publicly saying that he was one of the best players in world football. This summer, Nunes will also be an important target for Manchester City's reinforcements.
Matthews Nunes was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 1998, but chose to play for Portugal as an adult and has now played three games for the Portuguese national team. In January 2019, Nunes joined Grape Sports for just €950,000. After playing 62 games for U23 and scoring 6 goals and 6 assists, he was promoted to the first team and quickly became the team's main midfielder. To date, Nunes has played in 95 games for Portugal, scoring six goals and providing nine assists. So far this season, there are 43 statistics in all competitions with 3 goals and 5 assists.
At 1.82 meters tall, Nunes has an extremely well-rounded body and can be in any position in the midfield. In terms of comprehensive ability score, his speed, strength, defense, dribbling, passing and shooting 6 data scores are all over 70 points, and he is a hexagonal warrior. The offensive end of the ball to advance and the ability to read the game are very good, pulling to the side can also show a strong impact, rib penetration and passing is his best play. On the defensive end, the abundant physical strength ensures that Nunes covers the midfield, although the defensive skills are slightly immature, but he is only 23 years old after all, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Technically, Nunes is not a pure defensive back, and at least for now, he cannot stand alone in the back position like Rodri. However, Manchester City captain Fernandinho's physical fitness is not outstanding, but he can still play well in Guardiola's tactical system, and the 36-year-old is still an indispensable member of Manchester City. That's enough to make us optimistic about Nunes' prospects at Manchester City. After all, Manchester City has a world-class coach like Guardiola, and it is his best to turn stones into gold, so that young players can be further grown or even reborn. The players he favors are basically not wrong.
In addition, the presence of national team-mates such as Rubendias, Canselo and Bernardo Silva will also allow Nunes to integrate into City's tactical system as soon as possible. Being able to play for the best team in the Premier League with many national team comrades is also a great temptation for Nunes. Of course, compared to the Spanish players, the Portuguese players' obsession with Real Madrid and Barcelona is not so deep.
Of course, Nunes' €60 million penalty clause is not low, and Manchester City will also face competition from North London's arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in the process of buying him. However, compared with the latter two, Manchester City's advantage is that there are many outstanding young players in hand, and now the main right-back Polo in the Portuguese sports team is on loan from Manchester City, scoring 8 goals and 9 assists in 65 games in all competitions in two seasons, and the outstanding performance has attracted the attention of European giants such as Barca and Bayern. The 22-year-old Spanish youngster is worth 25 million euros on the German re-market, and if he were part of the introduction of Nunes, Manchester City would naturally not have to pay such a high price of 60 million euros.
In fact, given the good relationship between the two sides and the previously pleasant cooperation, even if Polo will not be part of the deal, the transaction to bring in Nunes is likely to reach an agreement for around 40 million, because There are still many young talents in the Manchester City squad for the Portuguese sport to choose from, thus achieving a win-win situation.