Big win for ManCity: record players now start repayment campaign


Big win for ManCity
Record player now starts repayment campaign

Jack Grealish is an incredibly expensive football player, the English professional has to score and prepare loads of goals to justify investing in him. After all: the beginning has been made. Meanwhile, his coach has an important message for the fans of Bayern Munich.

Jack Grealish has a huge mortgage with him: The attacking player recently moved from Aston Villa to Manchester City for the equivalent of 118 million euros, making him the most expensive professional footballer in England. But Grealish quickly starts justifying the investment in him. Even if in small steps: In the 5-0 mandatory win of the English champions against newly promoted Norwich City, the international scored in his first home game for the first time.

What is clear, however, is that the owners of Manchester City did not invest a horrific amount in Grealish to score against Norwich in the league. The vice-European champion should of course help ensure that the longed-for goal of the Champions League title is finally achieved. At least a start has been made, the draw for the group stage of the premier class will not take place until next week.

Grealish scored in the 20th minute after a cross from Gabriel Jesus to make it 2-0 for City, who had already taken the lead in the sixth minute with an own goal by Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul. Grealish made a brilliant debut in front of his new followers thanks to his goal and dedication, but it was Jesus who “opened the canaries’ cage and made it a walk,” as the BBC flowily described the Master’s lazy afternoon.

After the opening defeat against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, City showed a significant improvement and overran a weak Norwich. The newcomer, hopelessly overwhelmed by the dominance of Manchester City, who had already lost 3-0 to Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool FC on matchday one, was able to prevent worse things until the middle of the second half – until Aymeric Laporte shot in from close range and made the final decision .

Lewandowski? “Stay with Bayern Munich”

When they last met in the Premier League two years ago, Norwich caused “one of the biggest surprises of all time” (BBC) when they defeated City – then and now reigning champions – 3-2 at home. This time, however, the canaries, who had sent three former Bundesliga professionals into the hopeless race with ex-Schalke Teemu Pukki, Lukas Rupp and Milot Rashica, who recently moved from Werder Bremen to the Premier League, never even came into question for a simple point win. Instead, City ensured a runaway victory: Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez each scored another goal.

Pep Guardiola’s team, who initially put the top performers Sterling and Mahrez on the bench and left the last ailing Kevin De Bruyne out of the game for safety reasons, were so superior that it was easy to understand why the coach was already before the game had given so relaxed in urgent personnel issues: The change of superstar Harry Kane, who would like to leave his club Tottenham Hotspur, which has been suggesting itself for weeks, is probably not making any progress. And if? The coach assured him that he would be “very happy” if he could work with the team that was now available to him. When asked about a possible change from world footballer Robert Lewandowski, Guardiola said: “Robert Lewandowski is so important for Bayern Munich. He will stay with Bayern Munich!” The European transfer window will close in ten days.

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