The great talents of the quarry that Guardiola let escape

The crisis of City of Manchester It seems endless. He Manchester United The derby returned in the last minutes and continued to sink a team of Pep Guardiola who have won just one game in the last eleven they have played.

The ‘citizen’ group is fifth in Premier League with 27 pointsin one of those Nottingham Forestwho is fourth, nine behind the leader, the Liverpool. On the other hand, in Champions They are also in a compromising situation, going 22nd on the table and have direct competition against PSG the next day.

The fall began with a rupture of the cruciate ligament of Rodriwhere the physical problems of other important players like DeBruyne. It is certain lack of troops This is something that causes a lot of patches and role changes and can be resolved in a longer staff.

At this moment, there is no doubt that the ‘skyblues’ will be grateful to have young players who have left the club in recent years and are succeeding in other teams such as Cole Palmer, Sancho, Gittens either Frimpongdespite having homegrown players in the first team as well as established ones Foden and Rico Lewis or the promising Oscar Bob and McAtee.

Chelsea – 22 years old

Cole Palmer

The one who is for many the best player currently in the Premier League, signed for Chelsea in 2023 for 47 million after playing just 1,483 minutes for City. With the ‘blue’ team he has definitely kicked the door down and is going to have an exhibition game by game.

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Chelsea – 24 years old

Jadon Sancho

The experienced winger was one of the first young Englishmen to try his luck outside the United Kingdom, leaving for Dortmund in 2017 for 5 million. In Germany he reached his ‘peak’ performance and signed for United in 2022, where he stopped and had to return to Dortmund on loan to regain his level. This past summer he joined Chelsea and has been playing regularly.

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Borussia Dortmund – 20 years

Jamie Gittens

Gittens followed in Sancho’s footsteps by leaving Dortmund as a youth player in 2020 and is seeing how his decision has paid off, as he is now the undisputed starter and one of the most unbalanced wingers in Europe.

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Bayer Leverkusen – 24 years

Jeremie Frimpong

The deep-lying Dutch full-back left Manchester in 2019 to sign for Celtic. In Scotland he achieved regularity and piqued the interest of Leverkusen, who signed him in 2021. His definitive breakthrough came last year under the guidance of Xabi Alonso.

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Real Madrid – 25 years

Brahim Diaz

The Moroccan playmaker made his debut under Guardiola and the Santpedor coach had high hopes for him, but in January 2019 he left for the white team after not wanting to renew. He played on loan for three years at Milan and performed at a good level at Chamartín for two years, although without much fame.

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Chelsea- 20 years

Romeo Lavia

The Belgian positional midfielder is perhaps, after Palmer, the player they miss the most at the Etihad. After being loaned to Southampton in 2022, he showed that he was a player capable of playing for a major Premier League team and Chelsea signed him for 62 million the following year.