Manchester City dey look for new captain again. Last season na Bernardo Silva carry the armband, but e don finish and e don join Real Madrid. Now, new manager Enzo Maresca get task to choose who go lead the team for di new season.
Maresca don talk say e get special rule for captain. At Leicester and Chelsea, e no gree captain celebrate goal. Instead, captain must come to bench for instructions. But if captain score, e fit celebrate. So when dem ask am about Erling Haaland, e laugh. ‘If Erling be captain, we for get wahala. Can you imagine? Even if e be two or three minutes, there always something to adjust.’ Haaland na one of the best scorers for Premier League, so e go always dey score.
Maresca say e prefer make captain na defender or midfielder, because dem fit see di game well. Ruben Dias na di favorite to get di armband. Rodri future dey unclear, because e get one year left for contract and Barcelona dey try sign am. If Rodri go, na Dias go likely be captain.
Maresca also want make sure say one English player dey for leadership group. Marc Guéhi fit be di answer. Guéhi don captain Crystal Palace and England Under-21, and e don even captain senior England when Harry Kane no play.
Apart from captaincy, Maresca yarn about Premier League set pieces. E say di game don change, and set pieces don become big matter. Arsenal score record 19 goals from corners last season. Maresca say e no too like di way ball dey enter box, but e go try improve di team for set piece numbers.
Maresca don meet Guardiola for Barcelona before e take di job. Guardiola tell am say make e no worry if press take im talk as criticism. Maresca say na privilege to follow Guardiola, but e know say dem go compare am after every 10 games. E say e no dey feel pressure, because Guardiola na di best for di last 15 or 20 years.
E talk say Haaland na one of di first players wey send am message when e join. E say di squad don change completely, only five players remain from treble: Phil Foden, Ruben Dias, Haaland, Rodri and Rico Lewis. Maresca say e dey ready to do di job im own way.
