If you have ever tried reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountains, you understand how things are. You cannot immediately reach 5,199 meters. It is impossible just like that, from some normal altitudes, to appear at Mount Kenya, to climb to the highest peak in the country, the second highest in Africa, even if you were impeccably physically fit, dexterous and had the highest quality mountaineering equipment.Before you head for Batian (highest point in Kenya), you must first visit the porters, people who live at high altitudes. You have to learn a lot from the people without whom you can possibly die on the way to the summit… You have to get used to the extremely high air pressure, you have to get your lungs used to what comes next.If Manchester City is in recent years (along with Real Madrid, which has always been), football’s Mount kenya, Savinho has reached the top! Cityzens made official a transfer worth 40,000,000 euros (25,000,000 fixed + 15,000,000 bonuses) with the French second division Troyes.Leny Yoro – Man United’s slap in Real Madrid’s faceOf course, Manchester City, Troyes, along with ten other clubs from Europe, America, Asia and Australia are part of the City Group, which for years has been selecting and buying talented youngsters from all over the world in the hope that they will get something like – Savinho.Whether the teenagers are bought directly by the Manchester giants (and sent on loan to one of the sister clubs), whether they are bought directly by Troyes, Girona, Palermo, Lommel, Melbourne, Mumbai, New York, Montevideo, Shenzhen, Yokohama or Bahia, most serve the ultimate goal – for the Etihad giant to get superstars in the future, players who make a difference in the Premier League and the Champions League. Many get lost on the way and disappear, a good part advances only so much that the club is not at a loss when (re)selling them, and sometimes even makes good money. But few make it to the Etihad, to Pep Guardiola’s football clinic.Savinho succeeded!Savinho is here! 🩵 pic.twitter.com/h6xfBvnGdb— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 18, 2024 A little over two years ago, as an 18-year-old talent, Troyes bought him for 6,500,000 euros from Atletico Mineiro. At that moment, he was not known as a prodigy a la Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Endrick… That’s why he arrived in Europe through the back door. Just two seasons ago, he was only getting a chance on loan in the U21 team of PSV Eindhoven. And then the 2023/24 season came and the young Brazilian moved in with the Mount Kenya porters. It was quickly clear that he was ready to continue his journey to his final destination above the clouds.In Girona, he showed his body, technique, speed and mentality in perfect cohesion for the ‘top five’ leagues. He was the best player of one of the best teams in Primera last season, setting up goals in Girona’s sensational victories over Barcelona (both at Montilivi and Camp Nou the score was 4-2 for the Rojiblancos), shaking the net of Atlético Madrid. He ended the debut season in the Spanish elite with almost 3,000 minutes played, nine goals and ten assists.##NAJAVA_MECA_8219287##Where Pep Guardiola has Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku, now he has a light-footed Brazilian who learned patience after arriving in Europe. And it will be tested upon arrival at the Etihad, like everything else from Savinho’s football repertoire.”I’m so happy to be a Manchester City player. Everyone knows it’s the best team in the world at the moment and it’s going to be very exciting for me. I’m excited for the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola, one of the greatest coaches of all time and a man who will help me progress further.”He is aware of where and to whom he came. And he has all the prerequisites to do something big in the Premier League and European football.
