Manchester City have several youngsters on their books who can go on to become world-class players.
One of them is Savinho, who Pep Guardiola rates highly and believes has the natural talent to eventually become an “extraordinary” winger.
Matheus Nunes raved about Oscar Bobb’s potential, admitting that the 21-year-old instantly blew him away after he signed for City.
As for Rayan Cherki, there are not many superior young prospects than him across world football.
Mousa Dembele says Rayan Cherki is better than Desire Doue
The £33 million man Cherki is truly an outstanding talent, amassing 12 goals and 20 assists for Lyon during his final season in the south east of France.
Jake O’Brien remains a huge fan of Cherki, naming the French international as the most naturally gifted player he has ever played with.
When speaking to GOAL’s Front Three, Mousa Dembele did not hesitate while playing a game of ‘start, sub, sell’ and revealed that he would offload Desire Doue, bench Cherki and start Lamine Yamal if given the choice, saying: “Doue, I’ll sell.”
“[Bench?] Cherki.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like him [Yamal]. This [whether Yamal will win a Ballon d’Or], I don’t know but I like him.”
Rayan Cherki and Desire Doue stats compared last season
Based on the numbers, Mousa Dembele has a point about Cherki being better than Doue.
The Manchester City midfielder registered 32 goal contributions (12 goals and 20 assists) while the treble-winner amassed 31 (15 goals and 16 assists), which is part of the reason why Dembele may be siding with the former.
Cherki will be hoping that next season, not many players can even be mentioned in the same breath as him.
