Manchester Metropolis have tied down academy graduate Nico O’Reilly with a brand new contract and new quantity. Softfootball gathered that Metropolis rejected two bids from Bayer Leverkusen for the versatile midfielder.
Metropolis have been dealing with a tough time maintaining the starlet who attracted a number of golf equipment after a stellar outing final season. Pep had chosen Nico for the pre-season tour to the USA earlier than final season the place he scored his first senior aim in opposition to Barcelona days after making his debut in opposition to Celtic.
His glorious efficiency in preseason handed him a continuing that includes his match day squads for final season as he was deployed usually occasions as a left again for the Cityzens. He performed very important roles in Metropolis’s run to the ultimate of the FA Cup final season; most visibly a 5 star efficiency in opposition to Bournemouth within the quarter finals.
O’Reilly had been introduced on as a left again at half time when Metropolis have been trailing by a lone aim. The Englishman can be the supplier for the 2 Metropolis targets as he assisted each Haaland and Marmoush in a 2-1 flip round win.
Earlier than the star efficiency at Bournemouth, O’Reilly had made his debut within the FA Group Defend triumph in opposition to metropolis rivals Manchester United.
The previous U-18s captain who made 21 appearances throughout a marketing campaign that additionally included the FIFA Membership World Cup this summer time has now been handed the jersey quantity 33 having worn quantity 75 final season.
The U21 worldwide scored 5 targets throughout board final season will hope so as to add extra numbers to the tally subsequent season. Affirming the change in quantity, Metropolis introduced on their official web site.
They wrote:
Nico O’Reilly will put on the quantity 33 shirt for Manchester Metropolis for the 2025/26 season.
Metropolis’s quantity 33 has seen some vital figures adorn it as former captain, Vincent Kompany had worn it in his early days on the membership. Gabriel Jesus and Scott Carson are among the many different gamers to have performed with the jersey quantity.
