Manchester City have been in imperious form this season. New manager Pep Guardiola has made light work of English football so far and his City side have won 10 games out of 10 under his stewardship.
They top the table with six league victories and are scoring goals with freedom.
Their performances against Manchester United and Bournemouth drew particular praise and Guardiola will be very hopeful about City’s chances this season.
That said, they haven’t reached perfection just yet. The Citizens looked a bit shaky in their last two fixtures versus Swansea City and were made to work hard in their opening game against Sunderland.
There is always room to improve and we think City could do much worse than signing Hector Bellerin.
The 21-year-old has reportedly stalled on contract talks at the Emirates. He is a phenomenal footballer and he would surely help improve their defence even further.
City’s squad is frighteningly good already but the idea of them strengthening even further should put fear into the eyes of their competitors.
His Barcelona links
The right-back was at Barcelona between 2003 and 2011 before he joined the Gunners, making the same move as previous fan favourite Cesc Fabregas.
However, if he chose to move to Man City, his Barcelona links would be just as notable as he would rejoin former manager Pep Guardiola. Txiki Begiristain is the current director of football at City, too, just as he had been at Barcelona whilst Bellerin was there.
He’d become no.2 immediately
Zabaleta is not the player he once was and Sagna has taken his spot as City’s right back.
The former Arsenal man has impressed at the Blues. However, Sagna, like Zabaleta is not getting any younger and Bellerin would be the perfect replacement for them.
In fact, he would probably become City’s main right back instantly.
His pace
Bellerin has been blessed with a frightening amount of pace. Just this weekend during Arsenal’s 3-0 demolition of Chelsea the 21-year-old sprinted back to catch up with Pedro and stop what looked like a certain goal.
He would slot in very nicely in that City back four.
His defensive ability
He may be blessed with pace but he’s not just some fast flash in the pan. He’s a very well rounded defender actually. He didn’t just catch up with Pedro but he challenged him fairly and wont the ball back.
He’s a phenomenal athlete and despite his lean build, Bellerin is in fact very strong and resolute. The perfect full back perhaps?
Trophies
Unfortunately for Arsenal and Wenger, the Gunners haven’t been blessed with an array of trophies in the past decade.
In fact, two FA Cup triumphs is all they have to show for their efforts.
Whilst Manchester City haven’t done overwhelmingly better in that time, they have won the Premier League twice whilst also winning the League Cup a couple of times.
Bellerin could expect to be part of a title winning side far more if he joined the Citizens.
