FOOTBALL – MANCHESTER City’s new record signing Enzo Fernandez is ready to start when the Premier League leaders host Coventry City this weekend while Erling Haaland is among four players named as captains, manager Enzo Maresca said yesterday.
Last season’s top scorer Haaland, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi and Gianluigi Donnarumma have been named the four captains for City following the close-season departure of Bernardo Silva, who was the club’s skipper last season.
Fernandez played under Maresca at Chelsea and joined City for a reported British record-equalling fee of £125 million ($168.70m) and the Italian manager said he is available for selection when they play promoted Coventry today.
“Enzo is ready, yes. I know Enzo quite well and I know what he can bring to the team,” Maresca told reporters yesterday.
“He is a winner, with a winner’s mentality and knows how to win. The World Cup, Club World Cup... the main thing is he’s a winner.
“When you belong to a squad and another winner arrives, they are always happy. I can promise you that in the last five days, four or five players came to ask, ‘Is he coming or not?’ It’s very important he’s with us.”
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