Round business. That is what Manchester City has done with Yan Couto. A footballer who arrived at the City Group in 2020 and who has gone from loan to loan until finally signing for Borussia Dortmund. Around 25 million euros The English have taken the player, who He has never debuted with the light blue shirt.
Couto was already announced as a new addition to the German team last summer, but It is now that your purchase has been made effective. He arrived at Signal Iduna Park on loan, but with a Ridiculous mandatory purchase clause: 5 games played so that the black-yellows had to pay the 20 ‘kilos’ to obtain their services. Added to the other 5 due to the loan, they make the Brazilian full-back a money-making machine for City coffers.
He arrived in Manchester from Coritiba for 6 million and left on loan to Gironaalso passing through the Sporting de Braga. Under Míchel’s orders he found his best level, being one of the key pieces in the successes of the Catalan team.
His performances helped him to be linked even with Real Madrid, although finally He chose to go to the Bundesliga. His clearly offensive profile made him a very attractive option for the 5-defense system that predominated in Dortmund, which decided to get ahead of everyone. Manchester City thus got rid of a young promisealthough taking many millions for a footballer who did not even become part of Guardiola’s squad.
Gray start in Germany
After his great season at Montilivi and Borussia being a team used to getting the most out of young people, Couto was expected to succeed from the beginning. His style fit perfectly with the club’s idea, closely resembling another full-back who triumphed at Signal Iduna Park: Acraf Hakimi. However, This first section has been much more complicated for him than expected.
He has fulfilled the clause of 5 games played, but with a very poor participation. In the Bundesliga he has started 2 of 6 gamesplaying less than half of the total minutes and giving only one assist in the German Cup. His position is occupied by Ryerson The new BVB system (with four defenders) exposes the player’s defensive shortcomings. The positive point is that He has chained three consecutive starts between the League and the Champions League. A reason for hope with a footballer who showed he had a lot of potential.
