The present of Pep Guardiola and Manchester City is by no means corrected at this end of the year where the draw of the last hours against Everton confirms the large-scale crisis over the Etihad. All this while various sales by the Catalan coach in recent times continue to shine far from the north of the Premier League. In addition to Julián Álvarez, another of the great departures of the current four-time champion of the competition even breaks a 23-year record in his club.
Cole Palmer is the player of the year in the English Premier League. Not only because of the surprise that his emergence into the Chelsea team has brought, but also because of a series of numbers that confirm all the slogans that Manchester City had around what was one of the great promises of their quarry. Although it fell in the last hours against the Fulham at home, the left-hander scored his 26th goal of 2024 and surpassed the Hasselbaink record as the Blues footballer with the most sacred cry in the 12 months of the calendar year. Neither Didier Drogba nor Frank Lampard managed it.
We talk with Julián Álvarez about one of the biggest leaks of talent that Manchester City has had in recent times. Palmer is the son of a youth team where Guardiola described him as a more than important asset for the club for the future, as well as a rotation player who will be in the summer of 2023 and without any promise of minutes from Pep, he headed towards the Chelsea for sums close to 47 million euros. Since then, the 22-year-old attacker has scored a total of 37 goals and 21 assists in 65 appearances. for a blue set rejuvenated from its figure. The English press points to the former Barcelona coach for a sale that They consider it as another large-scale error like the spider’s departure.
“He is an exceptional player and we knew it when he was here. I have said it many times, I did not give him the minutes that perhaps he deserved and now he is at Chelsea. I completely understand it. He is a shy boy with a lot of potential. He is playing fantastically, but he had been asking to leave for two seasons. I told him to stay, but he said no, he wanted to leave. What were we going to do? “I told him to stay because Mahrez was leaving, but he had already been asking to leave for two seasons.”Pep Guardiola himself acknowledged months ago around the departure of a young man who, let’s not forget, even had the luxury of scoring in the Euro Cup final with England against Spain. His Chelsea are currently second in the Premier while Manchester City occupies seventh place.
Palmer and Julián Álvarez, second swords of Guardiola’s triplet in Manchester City: IMAGO
Guardiola’s team’s draw against Everton prevents them from even being a UEFA Europa League team at this time. Manchester City closes the year with just one victory in the last 13 games taking into account all competitions and with a total of 28 points in 18 Premier League games. Julián Álvarez shines in Spain, Palmer has the best year for a player in the history of Chelsea and in the north of England the accusations against Pep’s transfer policy continue.
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“If we can, we have to add players in January… Without a doubt… We had problems especially at the back and in the middle… I think even the players ask ourselves… Are we going to add more players? Please!”, more excerpts from the press conference after the tie against Everton at the Etihad by Guardiola who expects news in January. It is the first public request from the Catalan to a board with a lot of work for the first weeks of 2025.
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The Sun assures that the Barcelona footballer’s agents are currently in Manchester. All this while the culé team barely has time to correct its economic situation and in this way not lead to Olmo not being able to be registered for the second part of LaLiga. Before leaving Leipzig and joining the Camp Nou, Guardiola was mentioned as another major interest in his services.
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