Marcus Rashford replacing Kylian Mbappe at PSG “would make sense”, but the Manchester United forward has been warned off a transfer to France.
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Kolkata Knight Riders have a settled squad built on experience, while Delhi Daredevils are hoping for a fresh start under Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan
The Preview by Deivarayan Muthu09-Apr-2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Start time 2000 local (14.30 GMT)T20 ‘Champion’: Can Andre Russell add the IPL title to his cabinet as well?•BCCI
Gautam Gambhir v Quinton de Kock. Robin Uthappa v Shreyas Iyer. Yusuf Pathan v Karun Nair. Andre Russell v Carlos Brathwaite. Shakib Al Hasan v Pawan Negi. T20 experience v T20 exuberance. An ensemble cast v a bunch of apprentices.Kolkata Knight Riders’ push for their third title has become stronger, with Sunil Narine’s reworked action getting a clean chit from the ICC two days before the start of the tournament. Narine, however, isn’t a certainty for the first match, having returned to West Indies following his father’s death. Shakib is ever present in Knight Riders’ attack, and Brad Hogg, 45, the inspiration behind T20I’s oldest debutant Ryan Campbell, is still fit and ready to step in. Kuldeep Yadav, also a chinaman bowler, although 24 years younger than Hogg, provides another spin option. And the ensemble has got bigger with the cheap addition (INR 30 lakh, or USD 44,000 approx) of Colin Munro who can switch-hit fast bowlers for sixes. Munro is not just about brawn; he has it in him to grind it out as he showed against Mustafizur Rahman-powered Bangladesh at Knight Riders’ den during the World T20.Daredevils let go of 11 players and rebuilt their squad and support staff, laced with a flavour of Rajasthan Royals. Iyer, the torchbearer of Daredevils’ youth force, is not far from breaking into the team’s top-ten run-getters list, after only one IPL season. Brathwaite, who went 6,6,6,6 to seal West Indies’ second World T20 title a week ago at Eden Gardens, is billed as the other face of the team. However, there are plenty of concerns in the bowling department. The injured Joel Paris has already withdrawn from the tournament, the fit-again Mohammed Shami lacks match time, and to top it all captain Zaheer Khan has not played competitive cricket since the last IPL.
At the 2015 IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders sent #MuscleRussell trending. He was called the “Dre Russ” at the Big Bash League, where the Jamaican duck-hooked a skiddy bouncer from Doug Bollinger for a one-bounce four over square leg. At the PSL, Andre Russell was the leading wicket-taker. He has won the BPL, BBL, PSL and World T20 this season. An IPL title will be the perfect topping.Pawan Negi, listed at a base price of INR 30 lakh (USD 44,000 approx), was purchased for INR 8.5 crore (USD 1.3m approx) at the auction, following consistent bowling performances in the Vijay Hazare (India’s domestic one-dayers) and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (the domestic T20 competition). He then made his international debut for India at the Asia Cup. Negi, a T20 specialist who was earlier with Chennai Super Kings, can also swing his bat in the lower-middle order, but a hefty price tag brings pressure. Ask Yuvraj Singh. Ask Dinesh Karthik.
If Narine isn’t available, Knight Riders have a few back-up options, including Piyush Chawla. They will have to make a choice on the pace front between Morne Morkel and John Hastings. Morkel wasn’t part of South Africa’s World T20 squad, while Hastings got only one match in that tournament.Kolkata Knight Riders (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 2 Robin Uthappa (wk), 3 Manish Pandey, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Brad Hogg/Sunil Narine, 9 Piyush Chawla/Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Morne Morkel/John HastingsWith de Kock in good form, Daredevils will want him to open and spend as much time as possible in the middle. Sanju Samson might beat Mayank Agarwal to the XI.Delhi Dardedevils (probable) 1 Shreyas Iyer, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Sanju Samson/Mayank Agarwal, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Karun Nair, 6 Carlos Brathwaite, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Zaheer Khan (capt), 9 Mohammed Shami 10 Amit Mishra, 11 Imran Tahir
With dew likely to come into play later in the night, chasing might be the way to go at Eden Gardens. The weather is expected to be fine for the duration of the match.
“I feel proud to be able to play at the Eden in KKR’s colours. I’m happy with my contribution in the last few seasons… I think our team is stronger than before.”
“He is an inspiration. I was part of Royal Challengers Bangalore when he was there and, that time, I wasn’t playing so it was huge step for me to be in the same dressing room. Now having the opportunity to play under him [is] great. We can all learn so much from him.”
Arne Slot has confirmed that he will be holding talks with Mohamed Salah at the end of a mutinous week at Liverpool, but has stopped short of announcing whether or not the Egyptian forward has a role to play in the Reds’ Premier League clash with Brighton. Salah was dropped for a Champions League trip to Inter after speaking out against the club.
Two-fors from Heather Graham and Linsey Smith restricted Perth to 137, which Hurricanes chased down with eight wickets to spare
AAP13-Dec-2025Hobart Hurricanes won their maiden WBBL title with a comprehensive win over Perth Scorchers, thanks to an unbeaten 77 off 44 balls by Lizelle Lee.Hurricanes, who topped the table at the end of the regular season, grassed half a dozen chances in the field but were still able to restrict their opposition to 137 for 5.Lee then turned on the fireworks in the chase as her side reeled off the target with eight wickets in hand and 30 balls to spare on Saturday night in front of a delighted home crowd. Hurricanes’ first trophy in the 11th edition of the WBBL came after their male counterparts broke through to win the BBL crown last season.Lee whacked three consecutive boundaries in the opening over, which included a drop that was parried across the rope. In scenes reminiscent of Mitchell Owen’s stunning hundred for Hurricanes in the January BBL decider, Lee turned up the heat and finished with 10 fours and four sixes.Lee’s knock was the highest score in a WBBL final and her best score of the season. She shared a 77-run partnership with Nat Sciver-Brunt (35 to 27) to iron out the majority of the chase.Scorchers legspinner Alana King, who was in good form heading into the contest, copped some punishment and went for 0 for 25 off two overs.Earlier, Scorchers won the bat flip and opted to bat but struggled to get their innings going, despite Hurricanes missing chances in the field. In-form opener Beth Mooney (33 from 26) was dropped three times in the powerplay before being bowled by Heather Graham in the 11th over. Graham (2-26) also picked up the big scalp of Scorchers’ skipper Sophie Devine.New Zealand international Devine, who was dropped on 27, was circumspect early but came to life with two sixes, before getting stumped in the 17th over. Hobart’s English spinner Linsey Smith bowled just two overs but finished with a valuable 2 for 8.Hurricanes had earned a direct passage to the final after ending the season atop the table, while Scorchers, who were gunning for their second title, won two finals games to qualify. On the big day, Scorchers came up short while Hurricanes cruised home.
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The master offspinner’s greatness lies in his ability to hasten batsmen to their doom even as they see it coming
Suresh Menon04-Dec-2007
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Spin bowling is often about masks and disguises, sleights of hand and tempting
arcs. Batsmen reach for the ball that is not there, or adopt a superior air, ignoring the one that seems set to go past but then inexplicably changes course. They are rendered illiterate – unable to read the spinning ball. Muttiah Muralitharan’s greatness lies in the fact that even when batsmen read him, there is little they can do to keep him out. It is possible to say of him, as Albert Einstein did in another context, that generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked upon this earth.A good percentage of his victims were aware of what was happening, but helpless to
prevent the inevitable. “Aha!” you can imagine the batsman telling himself, “this
ball will spin so much, bounce this much; I know precisely where to meet it, with
my bat and pad close together.” And then it spins just that bit more, bounces a
little higher, and Murali has his man.For every spinner who tricks the batsman into seeing things that are not there and
believing things that will not happen, there is Muralitharan who shows him his
hand and kills him with the obvious. It calls for supreme self-confidence. There
is a palpable sense of fun too, as Muralitharan, the first wrist-spinning offspinner in
the history of the game, explores the physical limits of his craft. Clearly, there
can be only one Muralitharan. If there is to be another, we need to have the enormous good fortune of finding someone who is as flexible, as supple, as tough, as keen on
experimenting, as enthusiastic, as much in control. Impossible.Let us, therefore, enjoy the art of this genius while we can. Muralitharan is 35,
and the demands on his body are huge. He has had surgery on his shoulder at least
twice; he cannot go on forever.Few cricketers have had to shoulder his burdens – as a minority Tamil in a
strife-laden country, as a bowler worshipped and reviled in equal measure, as a
player in a team whose fortunes rose or fell according to his performance. In a
decade and a half at the top, he has won over everybody – both sides of the ethnic
divide and both sides of the bowling-action divide. His work after the tsunami
struck his country released him from the narrow confines of a sporting hero and
anointed him a national icon, all things to all people. Through it all he has
remained rooted, a charmer who finds it hard to believe that by merely doing what
he loves the most, he has rewritten the rules of his craft and extended the
limits of the possible.The odd left-hander in the odd innings apart, no batsman has played Muralitharan
consistently with comfort. Yet, unlike most spinners, he didn’t appear on the
international scene a finished product, every trick in place, every nuance worked
out, with only the minor detail of wicket-taking to follow. It took him 27 Tests to
claim 100 wickets; the hundreds thereafter came in 15, 16, 14, 15, 14 and 12 Tests
respectively. This wasn’t a genius that was created behind closed doors, but one
that evolved out in the open, in front of thousands of spectators.Every ball, every wicket, was tucked away in that remarkable mind; nothing was
forgotten, nothing was useless. Muralitharan is the man who remembers everything.
If he has got Rahul Dravid five times, it is because he remembers how the batsman has succumbed each time. The past is the pathway to the future. He has bowled nearly 40,000 deliveries in Tests – only Warne has bowled more – and remarkably, can recall most of them.The turning point, according to Sanjay Manjrekar, came in Lucknow in 1994 after
Navjot Sidhu hit him for six sixes en route to a century. Muralitharan realised
that he was bowling the wrong length, shortened it slightly, and crossed the
bridge from the good to the great.
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Sri Lanka have won 50 Test matches in all. Muralitharan has played significant
roles in 45 of them, claiming 373 wickets at 15.19, taking five-fors an incredible 36 times. He might have finished with the best-ever figures for a single innings, but after he had claimed nine wickets against Zimbabwe at Kandy, Russel Arnold dropped a catch at short leg. Then, while bowlers at the other end tried desperately not to take a wicket, Chaminda Vaas accidentally had the last man caught behind amid stifled appeals. Murali has taken ten in a match four games in a row. Twice.That record alone would have ensured Murali a place in the pantheon. But his influence is not restricted to his country’s improved performance. With better bats, shorter boundaries, and tougher physiques, batsmen have threatened to eliminate the offspinner from the game. Murali has kept the craft alive with a simple ploy – being successful at it. By developing the that was invented by Saqlain Mushtaq, he widened its scope. I have seen Sachin Tendulkar read the correctly, and still succumb to it. This is what makes Murali special.He also showed the gap that exists between visual perception and scientific precision by demonstrating for the cameras the legality of his bowling action. It led to a more precise definition by the ICC. Changing the rules of the game is clearly a Muralitharan specialty.Cricket, like most sports, often thrusts greatness upon the merely good. Sometimes
the highest aggregate in batting or bowling, for example, or the record for the highest individual score, is held by a player – however briefly – who doesn’t belong at the high table. When Matthew Hayden, for instance, made 380 to top the list of highest individual scores, the passionate prayed that either Brian Lara or Tendulkar would soon relieve him of the record and restore the natural order of things. Lara obliged. Likewise when Courtney Walsh, with 519 wickets, headed the bowlers’ tally, the prayer was for a Muralitharan or a Shane Warne to take over. Murali did so, three years ago, and now he is, quite properly, reclaiming the record that belongs to him by virtue of his skill, his longevity, his impact, his record as the finest bowler of this or any other age. God’s in his heaven, we might say, and all’s right with the world.
Stats preview for the five-match one-day series between India and South Africa
Kanishkaa Balachandran18-Nov-2006
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| Overall | 50 | 30 | 18 | 2 |
| In SA | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| In India | 19 | 8 | 11 | Nil |
| Neutral venues | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
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| World Cup 2003 | 10 | 2169 | 38.73 | 75.20 |
| Other ODIs in SA | 22 | 4362 | 25.81 | 70.55 |
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| Tendulkar | 16 | 429 | 26.81 | 370 | 14444 | 44.30 | -17.49 | |||
| Sehwag | 4 | 76 | 19.00 | 160 | 4727 | 31.70 | -12.70 | |||
| Dravid | 9 | 431 | 53.87 | 300 | 9681 | 39.67 | +14.20 | |||
| Gibbs | 4 | 117 | 29.25 | 190 | 6212 | 35.29 | -6.04 | |||
| Kallis | 8 | 344 | 57.33 | 238 | 8159 | 43.16 | +14.17 |
Australia demolish everything in sight, a master returns, and an old-timer finds another landmark to reach. In part two of our staffers’ picks of the best and worst of 2007
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Best: The County Championship
The County Championship is often dismissed as an anachronism, lampooned by many from overseas as featuring substandard pie-chuckers, and many in England as being irrelevant and unloved. While not so many attend matches as was once the case, interest remains high, as Cricinfo’s traffic figures for scorecards and coverage show. This year’s final round of matches in Division One provided a thrilling finale and a reminder that a drawn-out climax is usually better than the crash-bang instant gratification of one-day cricket. The tense final hours on the last Saturday, as Sussex, who had won their match, had to sit back and watch Lancashire inch closer to a remarkable win, will linger in the memory for a long time.Worst: The un-Caribbean World Cup
Only cricket could manage to take its showpiece event to a region so full of colour, character and vibrancy and render the whole thing bloated, soulless and sterile. Not since … well, the last World Cup … has a tournament been so unnecessarily sanitised in the name of commercial greed. The security, which caused so many delays and so much frustration, was more about brand protection than personal safety, and from the off the whole event was a mismanaged disgrace. Empty grounds were evidence of a misguided and overpriced ticketing process. Bemused non-cricket fans looked on and asked: if this was a World Cup, why were the stadiums empty? Sad though it was for players, spectators and the sport, it was somehow fitting that the final ended in utter farce. Remarkably, despite overwhelming criticism and the evidence of their own eyes, those running the whole thing steadfastly maintained the tournament had been a success.
Best: Australia winning the World Cup
It was a dud of a tournament, with awful organising and awestruck opponents, but nothing should take away from an imperious performance by the world champions. Australia steamrolled everyone on their way to their third successive World Cup win, and while many were bored with the re-run, you couldn’t help but sit up and applaud the way Australia chalked out a clinical decimation of the other contenders.One of the moments that stood out: South Africa briefly threatened to do another 438 in a group match, but a rampaging AB de Villiers was done in by an exceptional direct hit from Shane Watson in the deep. From then on, it was Australia all the way, with Glenn McGrath orchestrating perhaps the finest swansong in history.Worst: Australia and India getting stuck into each other
The ODI champions clashed with the then recently crowned Twenty20 champions in October, but an unsavoury contest began even before the players took the field. Andrew Symonds didn’t have any kind words for India’s gaudy Twenty20 celebrations, while Robin Uthappa said India would fight “fire with fire”. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s first assignment as ODI captain wasn’t made easier by constant questions over the heated exchanges, and team-mates such as Sreesanth didn’t help matters: he appealed for a non-existent run-out in Kochi, and allegedly had a go at the opponents while doing his duties as 12th man. The whole saga took a bitter turn when Symonds was subject to “monkey chants” in Vadodara and Mumbai, and even worse was the initial denial by the authorities. The spectators had taken the sport to a new low, but perhaps they were only taking cue from the nonsense on the field.
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Best: The advent of Shaun Tait
Instinct is being bred out of modern players, so the sight of the rugged Shaun Tait clumping in to frighten batsmen is hard to beat. He is raw, regularly injured and determined not to change. A novice at the World Cup, he starred with Glenn McGrath and Brad Hogg, and after finally getting over elbow surgery, he upset New Zealand on his return to the one-day side. He bowls like an old-fashioned paceman and isn’t sure whether he can land the ball where he’s aiming. Tait might not be around for long, but hooray for unrefined pace.Worst: The Sydney farewells
The SCG is the farewell ground for Australian cricketers and three more departed on the final day of the Ashes in January. There was plenty of celebrating, from the hoarse fans in the stands to the players’ children on the ground, but deep down there was a feeling of sadness. This would be it for two heroes and one very good batsman. Justin Langer could be replaced, but Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were one-offs. As they waved, another chapter of life passed by.
Best: Sachin Tendulkar hitting his stride
On September 5, India were fighting to keep the seven-match ODI series against England alive. Yuvraj Singh had been hit for five sixes in the 50th over, which set India a target of 317. Just about then we came to learn that Sachin Tendulkar might retire from ODIs after the home series against Australia.While that story developed, Tendulkar was putting up a display at The Oval – the clock was turned back; he stepped out and hit the pacers, making room and hitting through extra cover, walking across and scooping past fine leg. There was nothing ordinary about that innings of 94. Imagination and inspiration had taken over. Every unbelievable shot firmed the belief that he had made his mind up to retire and was now playing with a much freer mind.Though the retirement notions were soon put to rest, the form continued. He came up with more gems over the next two months, playing like the Tendulkar we knew better and had yearned for.Worst: Inzy and Lara retiring on lows
Brian Lara was uninspiring and was sold a dummy by Marlon Samuels, Inzamam-ul-Haq just wanted to get a record done with and was stumped trying to do so. The two final memories of two of the best batsmen ever weren’t of the sort one would want to cling on to. They were disappointing, but then again, they were hardly ever perfect and so could be allowed that fallibility.What hurt was the sight of them in their moneywhore avatars, playing for the Indian Cricket League. With the kind of competition they were up against, money seemed the only motivation. By all means, there was money to be made and they were free to make it. But they needed to realise there were several domestic cricketers who had put their careers on the line for, among other things, a chance to play with and against the likes of the two of them. Lara looked disinterested and Inzamam average, against bowling they could have murdered in their sleep. If I had joined the league wanting to compete against a Lara, I would have felt cheated.
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Best: Kallis in Pakistan
When South Africa opted for younger legs in the World Twenty20, an early ejection from the world of cricket looked on the cards for Jacques Kallis. Unhappy, Kallis gave up the vice-captaincy as the “omission caused me to question my future for the first time”. However, a 155, 100 not out, 59 and 107 not out in four innings in Pakistan later, the ill memories were washed away and the future secure as ever. Crucial wickets and sensational catching by South Africa complemented the artistic flow off his bat, and Pakistan suffered under the blazing sun in the holy month. The home side’s fielding ought to get some credit, but it will be Kallis’ stride forward and the flick of his wrists that will haunt Pakistan, and South African selectors, for a long time.Worst: Pakistan losing the plot against South Africa
A spot in the World Twenty20 can do wonders for a team’s decision-making abilities, as Pakistan realised to their wrong side of it as they went into the first Test against South Africa with only four specialist bowlers. The impact was felt when, with the South African batsmen strolling away, Shoaib Malik had to introduce no less than six bowlers, including two part-timers. All this within the first hour on the first morning of the first Test. So much for planning. And when your frontline fast bowler walks off due to injury, as did Mohammad Asif in the second Test, with Kallis in the middle of a turkey-feast with the bat, it all but made one ponder if the game was still worth watching.
Best: Kumble’s Test hundred
Several sights stand out from India’s victory in England; Anil Kumble cover-driving on one knee at The Oval was the most endearing. The oldest man on the park, and a tailender too, he defended with an awkward technique and attacked with child-like freedom, bounding towards a memorable hundred. The way he reached the landmark – with a heads-up charge and a bottom edge that flew through Matt Prior’s legs to the boundary – prompted both laughter and a raucous cheer. It was a packed house acknowledging a champion.Worst: India’s World Cup loss to Sri Lanka
It was probably the defeat to Bangladesh that really hurt India’s World Cup chances, but it was the collapse against Sri Lanka that was more depressing. A target of 255 wasn’t out of reach, but reading Muttiah Muralitharan certainly seemed impossible. It was the last chance for some great players to make an impact in a World Cup. Now they would be remembered as a bunch who couldn’t even clear the first hurdle. They probably didn’t deserve to advance, as their captain admitted, but it was a forgettable night anyway.
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Manchester City have already had a busy summer transfer window, and it has been needed.
The 2024/25 season was not at all what anyone might have expected from the Citizens; certainly Phil McNulty, BBC Sport’s chief football writer, thought they’d win the Premier League, and explained he’s “not sure this will be” the time to bet against them.
Yet, after 12 months on, we know City came third and went trophyless. It was a tough season for their biggest stars, namely Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, and the busy summer of transfers was certainly needed to help put them back on their perch.
However, Pep Guardiola’s side seem to be far from done in the transfer window, if recent reports are to be believed.
Three major signings have already switched to the Etihad Stadium this summer. City signed AC Milan’s Tijani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki from Lyon and Rayan Ait-Nouri from fellow Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Now, with the window still wide open, Guardiola’s side could once again buy from within the Premier League.
According to a report from Football Insider last week, the East Mancunian side had ‘been working behind the scenes on a deal’ to sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest.
Personal terms are not considered a significant issue with this transfer. In fact, the England international is thought to have an agreement in place with City already. All that is missing is the agreement between the two clubs.
That said, it’s more likely that the player signs for Tottenham Hotspur instead. Subject of a fierce saga over the weekend, Spurs activated Gibbs-White’s £60m release clause last week, but Nottingham Forest are now considering legal action, suggesting that the Lilywhites actually made an illegal approach for the player.
As a result, that has put his move to north London in serious jeopardy, something that could allow City to strike.
There is no doubt that City need reinforcements this summer, and they have certainly made good strides so far with the three main incomings. However, adding Gibbs-White to that, after such an impressive campaign last term, would be another excellent addition.
In a superb season for Forest, their number 10 was a standout player. The 25-year-old played 34 Premier League games in 2024/25, contributing an impressive seven goals and ten assists as his side qualified for the Conference League.
One thing that will surely stand out to Guardiola is Gibbs-White’s ability to create and score in big games.
Last season, he bagged a goal and created one away to Manchester United, assisted a goal at home to Spurs and at home to City themselves, with a sensational long-range pass to pick out Callum Hudson-Odoi.
The addition of the Forest star could be bad news for Foden, who did struggle last season. Coming off the back of a PFA player of the year-winning campaign, the England international certainly underwhelmed.
He played 45 games across all competitions, scoring jus ten goals and registering six assists, less than what Gibbs-White managed in the Premier League alone.
In the recent Club World Cup, Foden seemed more like his old self, bagging three times and providing one goal in four games.
It is not just the goal and assist numbers that might be a concern for Foden. Both players excel in the same position, a number 10 behind the striker.
Whilst the City academy graduate played on the right a lot last term, he once said himself that “I prefer it in the middle”. His England teammate played as an attacking midfielder 32 times last season, too.
There is also not much difference between the pair’s key stats, via FBref. For example, last season the Forest number 10 averaged 5.27 progressive passes and 4.08 ball recoveries per 90 minutes. Comparatively, Foden notched up an average of 5.23 progressive passes and 3.1 ball recoveries each game.
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Signing Gibbs-White would be a fantastic addition for City. He is an excellent creative midfielder who works hard off the ball too, and is a “menace” going forward, according to football analyst Antonio Mango.
Whilst it could spell bad news for Foden, there is no doubt that the Forest star would be a strong signing and help City climb the table again this season.
Their own Frimpong: Man City ready to launch £21m bid for "monster" star
Manchester City could be about to win their very own Jeremie Frimpong if this breathless star soon relocates to the Etihad.
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