Today marks the first day of the transfer market opening. This means that now, Fernandinho and Jesus Navas are officially MCFC players. But the person I want to talk about today is neither Dinho nor Navas, instead it is Fred!
What a fantastic game yesterday's Confederations Cup final was. Brazil played electrifying football, scorching Spain in a 3-0 victory which saw 'player of the tournament' Neymar score a thunderous finish. The player of the game, however, was Fred. Scoring just 90 seconds after kick off for either half, his finishing was clever, his movement was superb, and his work rate was consistently high. In the days leading up to the match he was identified as a target of Manchester City. Considering his buy-out clause is only 1.7M pounds, signing Fred would be a steal. If it works out that City are able to capture him for such a low price then I have no qualms with bringing the Brazilian to Manchester. But, if his recent performances inspire competition from other clubs and the price is jacked up closer to 10M pounds then I think the deal should be a "no go" for City. Let's think about it. By the look of things, Pelligrini's go-to formation next season will be a 4-3-3. For the attacking line we really only need a left winger. Unless you would say Fred is better than Aguero, we don't really NEED another striker since we have Dzeko as a super sub. If Dzeko leaves then Fred is a great buy at any non-ridiculous price, but unless he is less than 5M pounds, I don't think that Fred is worth buying on top of Aguero and Dzeko.
Never the less, the Brazilians played a ferocious type of football with the same formation that
Man City looks to use next season. Other than City v QPR on the final day in 2012, I can't think of another game that was so exciting just because of the football being played. I hope that Pelligrini was watching yesterday because Brazil's physicality matched that of an elite Premiership game, and their style was dominant, fast, and exciting. I'm not sure what he has planned but hopefully it is along the lines of the way Brazil played yesterday.
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