35 million euros! Manchester City basically reached an agreement to buy new star in Ligue 1 and won the D-ceiling midfielder in 5 years

On June 3, German Sky Sports reporter Plertenberg revealed that Manchester City had basically negotiated personal terms with Ligue 1 star Serky. Lyon asked him for at least 35 million euros. Currently, Serky has devoted all his energy to his first adult national team trip, while Manchester City hopes he will catch up with the Club World Cup this month. It looks like in five years, Manchester City will once again have a D-type midfield commander.

Serky, born in August 2003, is only 21 years old. He comes from Lyon youth training. He was officially promoted to the first team in January 2020. He has now played in 185 games for Lyon, earning 29 goals and 45 assists. In the just-concluded 2024/25 season, Serky scored 12 goals and 20 assists in 44 games, including 8 goals and 11 assists in the Ligue 1 game, and 12 assists in the UEFA Cup, with stunning data of 4 goals and 8 assists in the Ligue 1 game and even European football.

As a midfielder, Serky has excellent footwork skills and first-class pass shooting ability, and has almost no limit on creativity. The perfect feet ensured that he could easily break through the siege in a small space or a one-on-one single fight. The outstanding game reading ability and coordination ability also make Cherki one of the fastest players in the world football world today. So even though speed is not a strong point, his actions on the court are still unpredictable.

This season, Serki averaged 2.1 successful breakthroughs in Ligue 1, and this data reached 3.3 times in the Europa League. In addition, he ranks second in the number of opportunities created in Ligue 1, ranking first in the number of opportunities created per game. With a keen passing vision, a good overall view, and excellent organizational tandem ability, Serky can send the ball to his teammates in countless ways and create a huge threat. In fact, since Neymar went to Saudi Arabia to play football, the young Serky has become the only truly "region-free" player in the five major leagues in Ligue 1 and Europe. He can instigate attacks in any way at any time, anywhere in the stadium.

Serky played at a very high level in the front midfielder and central forward positions, but he was also at ease in the left and right wing forward positions and winger positions. This height of 1.77 meters, a slightly thin figure, unparalleled foot skills and outstanding imagination, and Sherky's technical characteristics are very similar to Manchester City captain David Silva at that time. The latter played in 436 games in 10 years of Blue Moon's career, scoring 77 goals and making an astonishing 136 assists. The data of assists in double digits for 10 consecutive seasons is unprecedented.

In fact, like Serky today, the thin David Silva was once questioned when she first appeared in the Premier League, but he directly changed the offensive concept of the Premier League with his outstanding performance. Now, if the 21-year-old Sherky joins Manchester City, it is also worth looking forward to whether he can carry the team's midfield banner like D-tee.