Pep Guardiola is a good coach, but he may not be accurate, Manchester City has suffered a super low this season, the important reason is that Guardiola bet on Haaland, and the Norwegian center forward is seriously overrated, and has sold two major technical attackers Palmer and Alvarez. There is also a name, that is Aston Villa's 22-year-old England attacking midfielder Rodgers, who is also a player who Manchester City sold at a low price.
Brendan Rodgers came from Manchester City, the player joined Middlesbrough in the summer window of 2023 for an ultra-low transfer fee of 1.2 million euros, and only in the past six months, he moved to Aston Villa for a transfer fee of 9.4 million euros in February 2024, returning to the Premier League, and gradually playing the main team under Unai Emery's tactics.
In the FA Cup match in the early morning of January 11, Beijing time, Aston Villa defeated West Ham United 2-1, and Brendan Rodgers scored the winning goal. Rodgers has been in great form recently, as a midfielder, with three goals and one assist in the last four games. Before Manchester City lost 1-2 to Aston Villa, Rodgers scored a pass to kill the old club.
Rodgers was worth only 2.8 million euros when he joined Aston Villa, and now less than a year later, his value has skyrocketed 14 times to 40 million euros. The new star has made 26 appearances for Aston Villa in all competitions this season, all starts, scoring seven goals and providing four assists.