Sam Lee

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341 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 14 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · How did Man City win the Elliot Anderson race? · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And so it kind of suits the new manager too.

the way that City needed to rebuild the squad last year, because remember the season they had before last when they were just awful for three months and there was no legs in the team, that dynamism in midfield had just gone completely.

That physicality was a factor.

And if you look at the fact that Elliot Anderson had more touches in the Premier League last season than any other player,

At a team like Forest, and even for a midfielder now, it's kind of rare because centre-backs have so many touches.

Then you think, oh, this is obviously a guy who wants to be on the ball all the time and you can see that when he plays.

So yeah, those kind of factors do suggest it might be a bit more of a physical approach in that City team without Bernardo.

But obviously there's still a bit of a question mark about Rodri as well and there's interest in Tenali still.

So we'll see exactly how it looks at the end of the summer, but things are ticking along clearly.

I mean, that's what they would, you know, if it was down to intentions alone, and obviously transfers don't work like that, but City's plan is to get both.

And we don't know the full, full reasons for that, but Nico Gonzalez could go.

Reinders, he could, I think he may stay.

I think because Guardiola's left.

I think Reinders felt that Guardiola didn't really believe in him.

And obviously if Guardiola was staying, then for Reinders it would make sense, especially if you've got offers, to explore them.

But maybe because Guardiola's left, that will change things.

But Nico Gonzalez, yeah, he could go.

Rodri could go, but I'm not sure what options he's got.

So there's obviously a few question marks there, but then that's why it starts to make sense that they would be looking for somebody else as well.

Because if you didn't know those things, you'd think...

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