Sir Alex Ferguson’s son predicts Man City wonderkid shall be ‘world class’ participant

Darren Ferguson, the boss of Peterborough United and son of Sir Alex Ferguson, has been singing the praises of Jadel Katongo, a younger star on mortgage from Manchester City.

After Katongo performed a key half in Posh’s smashing 5-1 victory over Northampton Town, Ferguson could not cease speaking about his expertise. Katongo made the transfer to League One’s Peterborough in August for his first journey away from Man City. He had already been coaching with Pep Guardiola’s prime squad earlier than he joined Posh for the season.

Ferguson was enthusiastic about Katongo’s means to adapt and talked about how useful it’s that he can play right-back. That’s the place Katongo has been displaying what he is manufactured from these days, incomes himself an everyday spot within the staff. His sensible efficiency in opposition to Northampton gave Ferguson the proper likelihood to shout about how nice he’s. Ferguson thinks this lad goes locations.

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Chatting with BBC Cambridgeshire Sport, Ferguson boasted: “Yeah and he’s improving, there’s no question. He’s not a right-back, he’s a centre-half really and we’ve played him in midfield, we’ve played him hardly at centre-half funnily enough. But he understands the role better. He knows when to go outside, when to come inside.”, experiences the Mirror.

“I thought he was brilliant. That cross was unbelievable, fantastic cross for the first goal. He did a similar thing against someone else so you can see he’s improving in that position but he’s only 18 . I mean, this is his first loan, he’s going to be some player, I tell you.”

The younger City star has already been linked with a possible transfer to Southampton this season and is rumoured to have caught Burnley’s eye. The Saints have not been shy about concentrating on the Premier League champions’ academy in current occasions.

The membership from the south coast snapped up Romeo Lavia, Gavin Bazunu, Sam Edozie and Juan Larios in the summertime of 2022. They then added Shea Charles to their squad from the north west membership in 2023.

Katonga has additionally attracted consideration on the worldwide stage. The teenager has already performed for England under-20s however was additionally approached by Zambia who hoped to persuade Katongo to show down the Three Lions. Coach Avram Grant is claimed to have invited the defender to coach with the nation.