Barely arrived in Manchester City, Rayan Cherki headed for the United States where the Pep Guardiola team will play the World Cup. If the former OL player is impatient to start, he has already noted an appointment in his personal agenda.
This is no doubt, Lyon supporters will probably be numerous in front of television on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to attend the first match of Rayan Cherki in the Manchester City jersey, it will be against the Moroccan club of Wydad. On the side of the tricolor international, impatience is obviously very great, but Cherki has not forgotten where he came from, and he intends to show it during one of the most anticipated games of the Premier League season, namely the derby against Manchester United. Because the Lyon attacking midfielder has not forgotten that the nightmare experienced by OL in Old Trafford was the start of the big troubles of Olympique Lyonnais at the end of the season. Confident in the English press, Rayan Cherki already meets the Red Devils.
Cherki merciless for Manchester United
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As a native of Lyon, Rayan Cherki knows the importance of the derby, and even if the City-United rivalry does not reach that between OL and AS Saint-Etienne, he wants to take advantage of it to avenge his training club. « I did not like the victory of Manchester United against Lyon, because I am Lyonnais. Now I just want to kill them with Manchester City “Said the 21 -year -old, obviously very revengeful. A speech that makes Manchester City supporters happy, but that will be worth a probably muscular welcome to Rayan Cherki when he goes to Old Trafford with his new team. Enough to motivate it even more the new midfielder from the Cityzens.
