Matheus Nunes was an underwhelming record signing for Wolves, but the new Manchester City signing finally has a coach and team-mates who can get the best out of his many talents
The Portugal midfielder was an underwhelming record signing at Molineux, but now has a coach and team who can get the best out of his many talentsMatheus Nunes prepares to complete his £53million move from Wolves to Manchester City
, he may look back on what at the time was a harrowing night for his Sporting CP side as the turning point in his career. City had just obliterated Sporting 5-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie with two goals from Bernardo Silva and one each from Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez. Guardiola, however, bizarrely chose to single out Nunes for praise.
"Sporting is a fantastic team, they are the champions of Portugal, which has a very strong league, with FC Porto and Benfica. They move the ball well, they have fast and intelligent players," Guardiola said after the thrashing at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in February 2022, before singling out Nunes for special praise."Matheus Nunes is one of the best players in the world today.
Guardiola does have a habit of heaping praise on players or teams who many people have overlooked, and there is often an agenda behind his words. He will often wax lyrical about a team that City have just beaten in order to make a routine win look impressive or about a striker who his defenders have just kept quiet.
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