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Fire at the city gate affects the fish? Manchester City wants to sign Kolkz to strengthen the fullback. If he joins 40 million new players, it will be very cool.

3:28am, 21 May 2025【Football】

On May 20, British media Innews' latest news said that Manchester City had asked about the players' situation even though Liverpool had not yet officially offered Kolkerz. This means they will officially join the bid for the young Hungarian international. If Kolkerz really joins Manchester City, it may cause the fire in the city gate to affect the pond fish.

21-year-old Kolkz is an active Hungarian international and mainly plays as the left-back on the court. This season, he has played in Bournemouth in 39 games, including 2 goals and 5 assists in 36 Premier League games, and averaged 1.44 steals, 1.19 interceptions and 2.72 clearances per game, sending 1,252 passes and 34 key passes, with a pass success rate of 80%.

As a full-back, Kolkz has outstanding speed and excellent foot skills. He dribbles and has a strong ability to advance forward. His physical confrontation, defensive interception and a pass with an assist are also impressive. As early as 2023, Kolkz, who was under 19 at the time, had already made his debut as the Hungarian national team and was a young full-back with great potential.

Korkez's outstanding performance also won him favored by new Premier League champion Liverpool, who regarded him as the best successor to the meritorious left-back Robertson, and Kolkz is also open to his future. It was previously reported that Bournemouth priced the 21-year-old left-back at £45 million. Although this is a certain premium compared to the player's 35 million euros German transfer market value, it is worthy of Kolkz's outstanding performance this season.

However, now that Manchester City joins the bidding ranks, it is estimated that Liverpool will be very uncomfortable. Before this, Liverpool had participated in the bidding for pharmaceutical factory Eukaryotic Wilz, which indirectly led to Manchester City withdrawal from the competition. Therefore, some fans also suspect that Manchester City is seeking to buy Kolkerz to bargain, so that Liverpool can feel uncomfortable. The key is that Manchester City really has demand in the left-back position.

After Cancelo left the team, Manchester City has not had an orthodox left-back. After Guardiola joined last season, Guardiola has been arranging him to play as left back. The rise of young player Nico O'Reilly this season has allowed Gvadior to finally return to the central defender position, but O'Reilly is an attacker after all, and if Manchester City wants to get better results, it is not realistic to expect O'Reilly to transform. In this case, it is understandable that they target Kolkz.

However, once Korkz joins, the most unlucky one is probably the new aid central defender Husanov who joined in the winter window. The young Uzbekistan international who spent €40 million in Manchester City once had a good performance under Guardiola, but with O'Reilly's rise and Gvadior returned to the central defender, he never had a chance to play again. O'Reilly, who played the guest left-back, can still be so great against Husanov. If full-time left-back Kolkz joins, Husanov will probably only choose between leaving the team and wasting time.