Manchester City have lined themselves up in the race to sign highly-rated Norwich City midfielder, James Maddison. The Citizens have just dropped out of the bidding war over Alexis Sanchez and are again scouring the market for further additions.
Maddison started his professional career with Coventry City before earning himself a move to Carrow Road on 1st February 2016. His contract with the Championship side is set to run till the summer of 2019.
Maddison’s impressive 8 goals and 8 assists tally this season has broken waves all throughout the country with almost every Premier League side peering in to watch him dazzle the crowd. The Coventry-born attacking midfielder is supremely talented with a strong right foot. Standing at 5 feet 9 inches, Maddison’s shiftiness to get into the tight spaces around the box makes him a huge threat to opposition defenders.
The youngster had to work his way up to the first team even after the move and spent a short loan spell with Scottish Premiership side, Aberdeen. Maddison was so impressive for the Scottish outfit, Norwich could not afford to leave him out of the squad anymore and recalled him in January.
He is best suited to the number ten role and has been blessed with the vision to find a teammate up front. But this is a potential misfit in the Manchester City lineup because the position is currently occupied by a joint force of David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne. Summer signing, Bernardo Silva is also another remarkable talent who plays in the same attacking midfield role and has only conjured a rotational role.
This puts the entire transfer speculation on the edge over whether Guardiola should invest heavily on a player who he does not need or should Maddison opt to move to a side who are evidently might already have taken the crown of England – the Premier League title.
His talents are boundless and if he can hit the ground running at a club like Manchester City, he can leave a massive dent in European football. However, such high praises need to be backed up by consistent performances and at a young age of just 21, he is doing exactly that for Norwich.
But can he do it at the Etihad? Or even break through to the senior squad? Guardiola needs more defensive restructuring and with no guarantee of first-team football, Maddison is better off looking at his other options like Liverpool who have just lost Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona.
