Amazon Prime Sports pundit Wayne Rooney believes Manchester City’s failure to soften the blow is the absence of a dressing room atmosphere-maker in Kyle Walker, คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย and predicts a season of empty hands.
Last winter, the ‘Sky Blues’ allowed AC Milan to sign Walker on loan without paying rent. With an option to buy later for £4.21 million (around €5 million).
This is where Rooney believes manager Josep Guardiola. And sporting director Txiki Begiristain made a mistake. By not keeping the players in the team until the end of the season.
He also gave an example of himself. Who was once undesirable to Manchester United during the era of former manager Jose Mourinho. Who gave him the green light to move out in the January 2017 market.
But he insisted on staying and supporting the team. The final season’s results were a double of League Cup and Europa League.
Unlike the case of Walker, who left without any intention, the negative effects also affected the season of the ‘Sky Blues’.
“It always takes time for things to fall into place when a key player leaves,” the former 2008 Champions League winner say after City lost 3-2 at home to Real Madrid in the first leg of their play-off knockout round.
“At this point, I guess Manchester City are thinking something like. ‘Walker is just a temporary problem that will pass soon.’
“Even though Walker is the captain. He has been the backbone for the past 2-3 years. We should have come to an agreement that – okay. You wait until the summer market to go, stay and help us first – “
“- The matter of winning the league title may have slipped away, but there is still the Champions League. I want you to help the team until the end of the season- “
“I had a similar situation when I was Mourinho’s assistant when I wasn’t playing much at United – there was a similar conversation in January that year – stay with us until the end of the season, I need you to help us in the Europa League – “
“To be honest, from my perspective, it was hard to accept, but I respected him for that. We shook hands, and then I left at the end of the season.”
“So it seems that if Walker’s separation can happen like that, it would make more sense.”
The dressing room leader of City is missing because Kevin De Bruyne, the armband holder, looks tall and not a country boy like Walker, hugging and fighting everywhere.
Even the post-match interviewers were Ruben Dias and John Stones.