“Who is this guy different from?” – Rayan Cherki criticised by 1998 FIFA World Cup winner ahead of Arsenal clash
Cherki has made his name as one of Man City’s best players since joining from Lyon last summerFrance international has impressed in City’s recent wins vs Arsenal, Liverpool and ChelseaMan City fac...
“Who is this guy different from? ” – Rayan Cherki criticised by 1998 FIFA World Cup winner ahead of Arsenal clash Cherki has made his name as one of Man City’s best players since joining from Lyon last summer France international has impressed in City’s recent wins vs Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea Man City face Arsenal on Sunday; Cherki admirers have received criticism by a France legend Rayan Cherki may have won the humour and hearts of the majority of the Premier League but a former European Championship and FIFA World Cup winner thinks otherwise. Cherki had long been regarded as one of France’s top-rising talents at Lyon before he joined Manchester City last summer for £34 million, one of the greatest deals for such a player in recent seasons.
The 22-year-old has played a direct role 22 goals in 43 games across several competitions in his debut season at the Etihad Stadium, including two assists in a 3-0 win over Chelsea last week that revitalised City’s Premier League title charge. Eden Hazard assesses if Rayan Cherki can be Kevin De Bruyne’s heir at Manchester City In addition, the Frenchman got into the heads of many Arsenal fans in Manchester City’s 2-0 Carabao Cup final win over the Gunners in March by performing kick-ups when the ball was in play, subsequently feigning an injury to waste time after being taken down by Ben White. Against Chelsea on Sunday, Cherki set up Nico O’Reilly and Marc Guehi within six second-half minutes to blow Liam Rosenior’s side away, yet France legend Christophe Dugarry has criticised the attacking midfielder ahead of this weekend’s titanic battle between Manchester City and Arsenal.
“He (Cherki) is different from whom? What is Cherki’s style? Are the others blind?
Are they clowns? Who is this guy different from? ” the former striker, who was part of France’s triumphant squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 UEFA European Championship, said in conversation with Foot Mercato , as relayed by Sport Witness .