In the early hours of 1 May, Manchester City will be at the Elam Road Stadium to challenge the White Roses Toeds United, and in the first leg of the two teams, Manchester City will go on a 7-0 sweep at home. At the pre-match press conference, Guardiola was asked about the lack of playing time of Mr. Glallish, who was not a hundred million yuan, and admitted that it was not that the players were not capable of individually, but that Foden and Mahrez performed better.
In the summer of 2021, Manchester City signed former Villa captain Gralis for a record £100 million, a deal that has also caused a lot of controversy. This season, wearing City's no. 10 shirt, Glhalese has played in 34 games for City, scoring five goals and providing three assists, including 19 starts in 22 Premier League games, with 2 goals and 2 assists. This performance is still not a small gap compared to his 26 Premier League games at Villa last season, 6 goals and 10 assists.
As an active England international who can make Manchester City pay a sky-high price of 100 million pounds, there is no doubt that Glalis is certainly not a parallel cargo. The 26-year-old has excellent foot skills and first-class passing ability, and his physical confrontation is not bad, and he can easily play in multiple positions in the midfield. During his time at Villa, he was the undisputed attacking core of the team. However, after coming to Manchester City, Glalish's core playing style was a bit out of line with the team's overall passing tactics, and the ball could not be transferred at the first time after reaching his feet, and the rhythm of Manchester City's game was disrupted.
In contrast, Foden, who has always been influenced by Guardiola's tactical philosophy, is like a fish in the water, in terms of personal ability, he and Glalis have their own strengths, but Foden obviously plays more concisely and efficiently. Although the main right winger Mahrez has wasted a lot of opportunities in recent times, once making Guardiola jump like a thunderbolt, his near-perfect left foot is indispensable in Manchester City's non-frontal formation, and his breakthrough shot is the team's sharpest weapon to break the deadlock. Even if the opportunity is wasted, it is more because Mahrez is in the most suitable position.
With these two great loves, Guardiola naturally has a lot less opportunity to give Gloris. After all, there are only 11 positions on the pitch, and the talented Manchester City is already full of competition. Of course, this is only The first season of Glalish's arrival at Manchester City, when Bernardo Silva was also tepid when he first joined, but then he became the absolute main force carrying the banner of Manchester City's midfield, and Gundogan was a chicken rib player for 4 seasons before he began to explode. Gralis was only 26 years old, and his chances were.
However, spending £100 million to buy a substitute player is expected to make most clubs envious and hateful. From now on, Manchester City's high-priced signing of Glalish is more like "buying a horse bone for thousands of dollars" to show the ambition of the team. After all, manchester City was very upset by the passing of the British star Kane last summer, and signing Glalish is a testament to the team's strong financial strength.
Tactically, Guardiola was looking for a successor for De Bruyne. The latter has been in place for many years, and although he is still in excellent form, the increase in injuries has made Manchester City have to be vigilant. In Guardiola's vision, Foden and Glalis are two potential De Bruyne successors, both of whom have good strength, but they can pass and shoot, in comparison, Foden, who has been integrated into Manchester City's tactical system, performs better, but once Glallis adapts to Guardiola's tactics, the strength cannot be underestimated. Therefore, whether Manchester City's 100 million pounds have been adrift, it is still impossible to conclude the coffin.