Manchester City have ‘completed the signing’ of Hamburg winger Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano. The Sky Blues have allowed some quality players from the academy to leave this summer, with the likes of Samuel Edozie, Romeo Lavia and Juan Larios joining Premier League rivals Southampton on permanent deals.
The 16-year-old Alfa-Ruprecht appeared to have been identified as an ideal last-minute reinforcement for Pep Guardiola’s youth ranks, and following a fresh update, it sounds like they have successfully landed their target.
Managers like David Moyes (signed from Everton), Louis van Gaal (joined from the Netherlands national team) and Jose Mourinho have all had their fair share of stints at Old Trafford but to no avail. Every year, the club dishes out a huge sum of money that they invest into transfers, including big-name signings but at the end of the day, the fans will eventually have to settle for the “next season is our season” quote that has now become a norm among the Old Trafford faithful.
Pep Guardiola’s team had done it all, they played well, created chances, even had two penalty appeals go down but could not break the deadlock until he introduced super subs. Raheem Sterling came out of the bench in the 56th minute and within 10 minutes, he sent a perfect Riyad Mahrez to cross home. Then he was again involved in the Phil Foden’s goal when he ran 40 yards from the centerline to deliver an inch-perfect pass to Foden to get the second goal of the night. That was in the 95th minute. The scorer Foden himself was substituted just 5 minutes before.