45 million euros! Manchester City strengthens the right back to lock in Brazil s international team s flying wings, which is worth signing at a premium of 3 times.

On May 10, the famous transfer reporter Skira revealed that Premier League giants Manchester City have contacted the Brazilian League Flamenco Club to communicate about the acquisition of right-back Wesley Lima. Flamengo is open to the sale of the Brazilian new international, but the price is no less than 45 million euros. This price is three times higher than the player's German transfer market value.

This season, Manchester City suffered a serious injury blow and its record declined sharply. Although its form has rebounded recently, it is only ranked third in the Premier League, and there is still a danger of missing the Champions League next season. At the right-back position, with the departure of captain Kyle Walker, Guardiola had to let midfielder Mattus Nunes retreat to make a cameo. Although the latter worked very hard and had some highlights in the game, this was not a long-term solution after all. This summer, strengthening the right back is the highlight of Manchester City's signing work. And the 21-year-old Wesley Lima is Manchester City's first choice for signings.

Wesley Lima, born in September 2003, was from Flamengo youth training and was promoted to the Flamengo first team in January 2023. So far, he has played in 127 games for the team, with 3 goals and 5 assists, and has won 2 Brazilian Cup championships and 1 South American Liberators Cup championship with the team. So far this season, Wesley has played in 19 games for Flamengo, including 1 assist in 7 league games, and averaged 2.29 steals, 0.86 interceptions and 1.57 clearances per game, and sent 311 passes and 9 key passes, with a pass success rate of 88%.

As a full-back player, Wesley Lima has the traditional advantages and characteristics of Latin American full-backs. He is physically fit, has super strong running ability, and is always full of energy in the game. Thanks to his excellent footwork skills, Wesley is extremely confident on the offensive end, and his pass support and ball-holding breakthroughs are impressive. On the defensive end, Wesley also has strong concentration. His excellent physical fitness allowed him to have a huge defense range in the game and his one-on-one defense ability was very good.

And the experience of playing street football as a child also gave Wesley a lot of defensive skills that made the opponent uncomfortable. In the March World Cup qualifiers, Brazil defeated Colombia 2-1, and Wesley came on as a substitute to make his national team debut. Although he only played for 11 minutes, he gained the highest three steals in the game. In addition, he also had two key passes, one successful breakthrough and two fouls. All 6 ground confrontations were successful, making Liverpool player Louis Diaz, who faced him, look very embarrassed.

Overall, Wesley Lima's physical fitness, foot skills and technical characteristics at both offense and defense make him very suitable for the role of a modern full-back, and also very in line with the requirements of Manchester City's tactical system. Although Wesley Lima is a little immature in the game and the accuracy and imagination of the last pass need to be improved, he is still favored by many well-known European teams. Liverpool, who just won the Premier League championship, hopes to use Wesley as a replacement for Alexander Arnold. But at present, Manchester City is starting earlier and faster.

Currently, Wesley Lima's net worth in the German transfer market is only 15 million euros, while Flamenco's asking price is as high as 45 million euros, a full three times the premium. This obviously means a bit of a price. However, for Manchester City, Wesley Lima does have good strength, and looking at the transfer market, there are actually not many suitable right-back candidates. Since we can win Vitor Rez 37 million, sign Husanov 45 million, introduce Nico Gonzalez 60 million, and buy Wesley Lima 45 million euros, it is not unacceptable.