‘Finally a Left back’, ‘Welcome home Sergio!’ – Man City fans react as club confirm signing of Sergio Gomez

Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Spain’s Under-21s defender Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht.

The 21-year-old spent time in the Barcelona academy earlier in his career, where he was actually trained as an attacker, but after a tricky spell with Borussia Dortmund, he moved to Anderlecht in the summer of 2021 and reinvented himself as a left-back.

His debut season in Belgium, where he worked under City legend Vincent Kompany, yielded seven goals and 15 assists in 49 outings. That form has convinced City to bring him to Manchester.

Gomez has signed a four-year contract at the Etihad Stadium and will remain part of Pep Guardiola’s first-team squad this season. The deal with Anderlecht is worth €13 million plus add-ons.

“I am incredibly proud and happy to have joined Manchester City,” said Gomez, who has represented Spain at Under-21 level.

“City are the best team in England and in Pep Guardiola I have a chance to learn and develop under the most outstanding manager in world football.

“To be able to be part of this club is a dream come true for me and something any young player would aspire to.

“The number of trophies City have won over the past few years has been incredible and the style of football the team plays under Pep is the most exciting in Europe.

“Playing for and being guided by Pep and his coaches is going to be very special.”

City’s plan was originally to loan Gomez out for the remainder of the season but, after failing to land Marc Cucurella, Guardiola decided to keep the youngster around as cover for Joao Cancelo.

Gomez is City’s fourth summer signing following Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips and Stefan Ortega.

The news shared on Twitter gathered a number of replies from a wide range of Man City supporters.

“Finally a Left back.”
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“Welcome home Sergio!.”
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“Welcome to Manchester 💙”
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“He’s here and he’s perfect.. proper left footed left back.. 10/10 window for City 💙.”
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“Called Sergio, Silva is his idol, Vinnie managed him. He’s destined to be a superstar, surely?.”
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“Pep will turn him into a monster of a LB”
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“The future best LB in the world has arrived”
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