{"id":2034,"date":"2026-06-08T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:56:21","slug":"working-with-pep-guardiola-can-make-you-or-break-you-rayan-cherki-tipped-to-become-another-kevin-de-bruyne-for-man-city-after-learning-from-demanding-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2034","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Working with Pep Guardiola can make you or break you\u2019 &#8211; Rayan Cherki tipped to become another Kevin De Bruyne for Man City after learning from demanding coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"A\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span>Cherki has long been hailed as one of the most exciting talents in European football, but his move to the Premier League has taken his game to a new level of tactical discipline. Former City full-back Clichy, who worked with Cherki as an assistant to Thierry Henry for the French U-23 team, notes that the 22-year-old had to adapt to the rigorous demands of the elite game after years of being the standout star in every youth category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span>Clichy explains that Cherki\u2019s journey at Lyon allowed him to occasionally ignore his defensive duties due to his immense offensive output. However, the transition to Man City required a mental reset to handle all phases of play. &#8220;Working with Pep can either make you or break you. It is a simple choice, really &#8211; because if you listen and go with what he wants, then, with the quality Rayan has, you have a good chance of becoming great. If, on the other hand, you don&#8217;t understand what Pep wants, and you don&#8217;t really want to go his way, you can break that relationship,&#8221; Clichy said in his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c2020jylzk1o\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><i><em>BBC<\/em><\/i><\/a><span>  column when discussing the youngster&#8217;s development.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherki has long been hailed as one of the most exciting talents in European football, but his move to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}