Pep Guardiola ‘seems’ to be a large fan of Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, with the midfielder highlighted as a ‘potential successor’ to Kevin De Bruyne.
Christian Falk reviews that the Sky Blues ‘have a massive chance’ to snap up the Pulheim-born ace if they make their transfer in 2025.
“I assume Leverkusen are pretty crystal clear when it will come to Florian Wirtz. He wants to remain until 2025 if there’s Champions League football and Alonso is staying,” the German journalist shared in his exceptional column with CaughtOffside.
“But, there is an settlement in the club that he could go away for a fee of €130m bare minimum (there is some communicate of €150m bare minimum).
“At the close, at each rates, there are not so lots of clubs that can pay out that. There is only just one which is certainly interested, viewing him pretty carefully and can shell out this volume – and which is Manchester Town.
“I consider Bayern Munich will be out of the race with this inquiring selling price. If Manchester City make the go, they have a big likelihood to get the player.
“Pep Guardiola would seem to be a significant enthusiast of him! He can enjoy lots of positions (he’s not a like-for-like for Kevin De Bruyne but he can enjoy this posture). He could be a potential successor for De Bruyne most likely, participating in the place in his personal way, which fits correctly with Guardiola.”
Xabi Alonso’s guys have been the surprise bundle in the Bundesliga this term, topping the table on 17 games played.
What do the stats say?
If prime outfits further than Bayern Munich and Manchester Metropolis aren’t searching at the German intercontinental – they really much must be, inspite of the astonishing rate-tag.
The attacking midfielder (who moonlights as a wide person) has 20 purpose contributions from 24 appearances in all competitions this expression.
The twenty-12 months-old already ranks among the most hugely-rated artistic shops, with FBref putting him in the ninety fifth percentile for shot-developing actions.
He’s a far more than skilled, aggressive dribbler much too, position in the ninety fifth percentile for prosperous acquire-ons.
Insert on the point he’s very reputable in possession (he offers far more passes per ninety than Phil Foden, for case in point, with all-around a 5% distinction when it will come to accuracy) and there’s tiny speculate why Guardiola finds the younger playmaker an attractive prospect.
