"Technically and individually he is top. The question is how he settles and what we are going to do, how he reads the game and every action the game needs. He started at the [Club] World Cup, but then there was some time off. [We have to go] step by step, but the talent he has: I have the feeling that most of the time [when] the ball comes to him, the situation gets better."
"Not all the time he has to play, like, make exceptional things, he has to play just football, Guardiola said. But he has something. [Such as] the pass for Erling in the last moment [against Everton], many, many things that he can do. He is a guy that doesn't feel the pressure when is going to get the ball. He's like a street player. He is grumpy give me the ball, give me the ball' when he doesn't get the ball, you know."
Rayan Cherki is among the most talented players, technically excellent and individually top-class, with instinctive composure on the ball and a street-player mentality. He has made only seven appearances since a 30.5m move from Lyon and returned from a thigh injury, producing a brief substitute appearance that nearly set up Erling Haaland. Patience and step-by-step integration into Manchester City's tactical structure and teammate relationships are required. The main uncertainty concerns how he settles into simpler, collective responsibilities and reads the game within the team's system. Confidence exists that he will fit into the club's team ethic.
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