Jamal MUSIALA is a MANCHESTER CITY' PLAYER 😱 So, what it will be? | WHAT IF
Manchester City are set to explode another transfer bomb this summer, and that bomb is called Jamal Musiala!
In this video, Fanatico will tell you why the Citizens need Musiala, how they will acquire him, and how Jamal will perfect City. So subscribe to us and let's get started!
Manchester City’s big plan
The other day, a big British outlet, the Independent, dropped huge news that Manchester City had made Jamal Musiala one of their top two transfer targets for the summer.
This information raises two obvious questions: how can you buy the Bayern Munich star and why do Manchester City need another attacking player?
If you don't delve into the details, this news seems like a simple fake for hype, but in fact, the citizens' interest in Jamal is perhaps the most logical thing imaginable.
Let's take a look at why City need Jamal. Indeed, Pep has De Bruyne, Foden, Bernardo, Doku, Grealish and young Bobb among his attacking midfielders. Alvarez also often plays in the midfield. So why add an extremely expensive player to what is potentially the best midfield in the world?
The fact is that in Musiala, the citizens see a direct replacement for Bernard Silva. The German will not be an addition to the squad, he will be meant to replace one of the most important players in the team in recent years.
Yes, the Portuguese is more than 75% likely to leave Manchester City in the summer. For several years now, Bernardo has been hinting that he wants a new challenge in his career, but City have been persuading him to stay for another season and would not let him go.
Last year, Silva stayed on the condition that he would re-sign a contract with the citizens that would include a £50 million release clause. He wanted to have a guarantee that he could eventually leave the club if he wanted to.
So next summer, any club that pays City 50 million pounds will be able to get Bernardo and the Manchester management will not be able to do anything about it. Is there any doubt that there are two dozen clubs in the world that will be willing to pay this money? We have none!
Therefore, from this point of view, Musiala is an obvious and, moreover, perfect option to replace the Portuguese.
And what about the other concern: how to buy a player from a giant like Bayern? In fact, City have some tools here as well. The fact is that Musiala's contract expires in 2026, and if the player does not want to extend it, the summer of 2024 is the last opportunity to sell the footballer at the highest price.
In 2025, no one will pay more than 100 million euros, because everybody will choose to wait a year and sign the player for free in 2026. Therefore, the price for Musiala in a year's time will be much lower than this summer.
Of course, Munich can try to extend Jamal's contract, but it will all depend on the player. And the midfielder has long made no secret of the fact that he sees himself playing in the Premier League in the future.
In this regard, Bayern have always acted rationally, and if Munich fail to extend the contract with the German, they might sell him. For City, this will mean breaking their own transfer record, as Jamal's transfer will cost between 120 and 150 million euros. However, this amount is affordable for the club: it will cost them nothing to use the funds from the sale of Bernardo and add another 80 million.
Therefore, Manchester City's hunt for Musiala is not a bluff, but a real and extremely important deal that the club is already working on. Like this video if you want to see Jamal under Pep Guardiola!
Musiala vs Bernardo
Let's compare Bernardo Silva and Jamal Musial to better understand why City target the German as a replacement for their number 20. The qualities that Pep Guardiola values in Bernardo are his game intelligence, phenomenal dribbling, stamina and versatility. Musiala has a very similar profile.
Jamal, like Silva, is a very intelligent player. And his dribbling looks like he has a ball magnet in his feet. Just like in Bernardo's case. But what is impressive is that Musiala has such a dribbling ability with a height of 184 centimeters.
That is, although we admire Silva's ball handling, few people are surprised that a tiny player of short stature can dribble well. In Musiala's case, it's a rather unique skill. Just look at this goal he scored, which was named the best goal of March in the Bundesliga. Wow!
Jamal also has no problems with stamina. Not only can he work hard, but he is also more powerful than Bernardo.
Where Musiala is still inferior to the Portuguese is in versatility. Bernardo played in all positions in the midfield under Guardiola, including the position of holding midfielder. And several times Pep even used him on the left in defense.
However, for Jamal, this is rather an opportunity than a problem - Guardiola will teach him everything.