Our most improved player?

If we're talking only 24/25; I think Gundogan's 2nd half of season performances, compared to 1st half, were more improved than anyone, including Nunes.
 
Kovacic has had a very good season.
Last season I wasn't impressed that much but that may have been because I had high expectations, based on the history of his medal haul and having played for top clubs.
Not only has he improved this season but he is continuing to impress as the season went on.
 
Kova has always been a good player but he added more goals this season

Nunes has done very well considering he's been put in a position that was pretty much alien to him. A few fuck ups but you can forgive him for that considering he's trying to get used to it. That said, it's not like he was given a lot of chances before, so it's hard to say if he was doing well or not anyway until now.
 
The haters of Nunes who think Walker was the best RB in the world forget one simple fact.. we're not Real Madrid.. we'll never have top players in every position because of PSR/ FFP and everything meant to cripple us.

So we're going to have to either manufacture a few from the academy or play some players out of positions to field a team capable of winning.

Are there tradeoffs? Obvious.. but Nunes makes them worthwhile!

For example many still remember Cancelo fondly but also forget he had a grand total of 22 assists over 4 years. Nunes has gotten more than half that in this season already!

And Cancelo had stupid moments too.. vs Real, vs Liverpool, vs Fulham. I think most will never appreciate Nunes while he is here, they'll just find the next guy to hate after Nunes is gone.
 
Marvin. said:
After the season has ended, I wanted to say something positive about Matheus Nunes. Cup Final aside, Manchester City finished strongly. In the Premier League, we went on an unbeaten run winning 9 out of the last 12 league games, and I found myself increasingly thinking Nunes played well.

We signed Nunes 2 years ago from Wolves for £53m, and I never understood why. I wrote him off almost immediately. He had done very little for Wolves, and for about a season and a half he did very little for City. He would regularly play quite poorly, and gift possession away, a trait that culminated in the 'tackle' at the Etihad Derby this season.

Nunes has come back from the dead. He has 1 goal and 6 assists in 19 starts plus 7 sub. app. for City. That's decent. I am not claiming that he is a top quality player, but the way he is developing, he might become one. Nunes is deceptively quick, he can dribble , and make a good cross. The right back position suits him. At last he looks like he is enjoying football and that he wants the ball. I give him a lot of credit for coming back from a low point of the Etihad derby. He still has a habit of switching off and losing concentration but he is proving himself to be a very useful player. His form in the closing weeks has been such that I am now uncertain as to whether we need to buy a right back. The way he is going he could conceivably develop into a Premier League right back, at the very least he is a good squad player. I would be interested to see how he would play in midfield now that he is playing with some confidence.

The only other City player who you might argue has improved this season is Doku but if you look at Doku's goals and assists they are pretty much identical to the previous season.

Well played Nunes. I think Nunes can look back on his season with pride because he showed good character; his performances improved in an alien position, and in a side that was struggling emphasising the point.

My best young player was O'Reilly.
Best signing: Marmoush.
POTY: Haaland. Other candidates Gvardiol and Dias.
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YPOTY: O'Reilly
Best signing: Marmoush
Most improved: Nunes
POTY: Gvardiol
Biggest potential: Echeverri
 
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