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Missed the roster! Manchester City s 21-year-old new player s fairy tale journey may come to an abrupt end. Guardiola really doesn t like him

6:29pm, 17 May 2025Football

On the evening of May 17, the 2024/25 FA Cup final will be staged at Wembley Stadium, against both sides of Manchester City and Crystal Palace. Before the battle, Manchester City announced the 23-man roster to participate. New player Husanov, signed with 40 million euros, was defeated. All signs indicate that the 21-year-old Uzbekistan player's fairy tale journey to a wealthy family has probably come to an abrupt end.

21-year-old Husanov came from the youth training of the founder of Uzbek and later switched to Minsk Energy, Belarus. In July 2023, Lens signed this powerful young central defender for only 450,000 euros. In the first half of this season, Husanov played 15 games for Lance, including 11 starts in 13 games in the Ligue 1, and averaged 1.15 steals, 2.00 interceptions and 4.31 clearances per game. His performance is still remarkable. This also brought him into Manchester City's vision.

At that time, Manchester City's defense line suffered large-scale injuries, especially in the central defender position. Akanji, Akk, Rubendias and Stones were all injured continuously, and captain Walker also left the team on loan to join AC Milan in the winter window. Under such circumstances, Manchester City had to make frequent moves in the transfer market, and for Husanov, they spent a full 40 million euros. You should know that his net worth in the German transfer market was only 12 million euros.

After joining Manchester City, Husanov performed well, scoring 1 goal in 9 games, including 6 Premier League games, and averaged 0.83 steals, 0.50 interceptions and 4.67 clearances per game. His outstanding physical confrontation and defense ability back-chasing are impressive. At that time, Husanov was even regarded as Manchester City's main central defender for the next 10 years.

However, with Rubendias and others returning from injury and the rise of youth training young player Nico O'Reilly, Guvadior, who had previously played as a left-back, was able to return to the central defender position and formed Manchester City's main central defender partner with Rubendias. In addition, Manchester City has never been qualified for the Champions League next season, which has also made Guardiola dare not take the risk of using new players. In this case, Husanov inevitably became a victim and became a marginal player from the main player. His last appearance for Manchester City was the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on March 30. And since then, Husanov never got a chance to play again.

Regarding Husanov's situation, Guardiola once said that this was just a normal rotation. However, Husanov's relatively rough foot skills have become the biggest obstacle to his integration into Manchester City's tactical system. In other words, if it weren't for the urgent need for people in the winter window, Husanov would not have been able to catch Guardiola's eye. This summer window, Manchester City will definitely make a huge adjustment in the lineup and hope to make a comeback next season. Husanov, who spent 40 million euros, probably was sent away.

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