Man City: "Not a Savio replacement" - What will Allan bring to Enzo Maresca's side after £34.2m transfer?

Following Allan Andrade Elias's determination to Manchester City, South American shot adept Tim Vickery exclusively tells Sports Mole what Sky Blues supporters tin expect from the £34.2m Palmeiras export.

I would not justice him astatine each conscionable by the stats of goals and assists, due to the fact that this would beryllium to underestimate the versatility of this player.

He is not by immoderate means a consecutive type-for-type replacement astatine Man City for Savio. He is much, overmuch much of an all-round player.

He is simply a rangy fig who has played astir of his shot wide connected the right, cutting successful onto his stronger near foot, but helium tin spell extracurricular connected the close arsenic well.

So determination is simply a winger successful him, but I deliberation overmuch much than that, determination is an all-round footballer. Recently, helium was playing immoderate games astatine Palmeiras erstwhile they were playing with a backmost three, and helium was playing astatine close wing-back.

That is not accustomed for a left-footed player, but helium did it well. He defends well, puts successful a shift, and gets back.

There is simply a peculiar representation I person of him from a large game, not lone successful Brazil, but these days successful South America. Shortly earlier the World Cup, it was Palmeiras distant to Flamengo.

Tim Vickery: 'Do not justice Allan by goals and assists'

Flamengo had a antheral sent disconnected rather early, and Palmeiras ended up winning 3-0, and that triumph was each astir Allan.

He came infield, made the other antheral successful the centre of the pitch, outnumbered Flamengo there, and scored 1 of the goals successful a celebrated 3-0 win.

What you are getting is idiosyncratic you would not record nether benignant of wonderment kid. You are getting an all-round footballer, idiosyncratic who is beardown connected the ball, versatile, tin bash the wing, tin defend, and tin travel wrong and play arsenic well.

This is simply a woody wherever Enzo Maresca knows what helium is getting, due to the fact that astatine the Club World Cup, erstwhile Maresca was inactive with Chelsea, helium played against Allan erstwhile Chelsea knocked Palmeiras out.

So helium has had a look astatine him, knows the player, and knows what helium is getting. Do not justice him conscionable by the goals and assists.

Judge him by what helium does all-round astatine City successful each phases of play, and I deliberation City person added a precise bully footballer to their squad.