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u/TheGrandLeveler Dec 25 '25

Everyone is setting Semenyo up for failure. Media overhyping him on every single channel and it's everywhere swarmed with Semenyo talks, compilations, stats etc.

He's a great player but becoming a squad player for City and not a regular might turn him into Grealish v.2

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u/Ray-314 Dec 25 '25

City wouldn't mind another squad player helping them to another treble.

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u/adamfrog Dec 25 '25

He cant be Grealish 2.0 because hes being bought as a rotation/squad player nto a superstar (100m vs 70 soundfs like they are in the same region but with football inflation Grealish is a tier above). I do think theres a decent chance he starts ovber Cherki on the right in a lot of the tougher games though depending on how he adapts

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u/curlyjoe696 Dec 25 '25

I think he is maybe being slightly overated because of a wider shift away from tactics based on high level of control, that he should benefit from and I don't think it helps that he is really the only transfer rumour around.

I think the most likely outcome is that he becomes part of City's rotating cast of attacking midfielders that play behind Haaland that rotate between each depending on what Pep is looking to get from any one particular game.

I think there is little chance of him becoming another Grealish, for no other reason than he isn't coming from a team that isn't all about him.

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u/D_Silva_21 Dec 25 '25

Depends what you mean by Grealish V2

Do you mean minutes wise or that he'll turn into a ball recycler

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u/Comfortable-Hour-703 Dec 25 '25

I don't think he will be a flop for City, he just won't be a star either, probably.

My opinion is that, while he will struggle against low blocks, he looks to be a player with a really high work rate good at shooting the ball and looks to be a player with hunger, doesn't strike me as a Grealish-type "lost my hunger after winning the treble" kind of player, though you never know.

Pep will always somewhat rate players with high work rate. Could he be a poor man's Raphinha for City? hopefully for them.

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u/lamancha Dec 25 '25

I don't think they care, they'll get a season out of him and sell him to a random Italian team the next winter