Some Tottenham fans have been speaking about Manchester City and Pedro Porro after the 24-year-old started to shine under Ange Postecoglou.
Pep Guardiola chose to allow the Spain international to join Sporting CP on a permanent basis back in May 2022 for just £7m.
Manchester City signed Porro from Girona back in August 2019 for a sum of £11m – however, he never made an appearance for the Citizens.
The Spaniard spent the 2019/20 campaign on loan at Real Valladolid, before Manchester City loaned him to Sporting CP from 2020 to 2022, where they then agreed to a permanent exit at a £4m loss.
Now – under Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham – Pedro Porro is starting to shine in an inverted role, leaving many Spurs fans to wonder what Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are thinking.
Pedro Porro starting to shine after Manchester City exit
Well, Guardiola began the trend of inverting his full-backs.
Now – as Porro begins to shine in that area – some Tottenham fans think their No.23 may have been worth keeping for Manchester City.
One supporter wrote “wonder what Pep thinks” after the Don Benito-born defender shone in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Liverpool.
Another referred to the fact Manchester City actually had a £17m buyback option to sign Porro from Sporting Lisbon.
According to the Manchester Evening News, that is true – the Citizens could have signed him back from the Portuguese giants for £16.9m but declined to do so.
Another Spurs fan simply said that Tottenham are “starting to see the player” they spent £39m to sign from Sporting CP.
Furthermore, a fourth supporter admitted that they hope Guardiola hasn’t thought about Porro whatsoever, in fear of losing the defender to the treble winners.
Last but not least, two more Tottenham fans commented on Porro’s rise under Postecoglou.
One said that the Spaniard is probably worth around £60m now as he begins to shine in the Premier League.
Another suggested that Porro could be Manchester City’s heir to Kyle Walker, but conceded that the full-back needed to join a club like Tottenham first before making such a leap, which is a good point.
