Romeo Lavia showed a technical ability perfect for Manchester City, yet also enough room for improvement to make Pep Guardiola salivate over a £40m return.
Date published: Saturday 8th April 2023 8:16 -
One such gem might be returned to sender sooner than first envisaged. Gavin Bazunu, Samuel Edozie and Juan Larios will find their respective levels eventually but Romeo Lavia has already proven himself to at least eventually belong in such esteemed company. As can be expected, that faded as legs and the mind – both individual and collective – started to toil against the imposing Manchester City tide. Lavia offered as little resistance as his teammates once Erling Haaland opened the scoring on the stroke of first-half stoppage-time.Haaland
There remain flaws to coax and coach out beyond that. Selles and Nathan Jones share little in common but both have taken public aim at Lavia’s shortcomings this season. The latter highlighted a need to “show more domination in the games, more domination in possession and more leadership on the pitch if he wants to become the thing everyone is saying he is” in March, adding that: “I have no doubt he will be there but he needs to make more steps and everyone around him needs to be calmed down.
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