Jeremy Doku has been あられ／賞賛するd by Kylian Mbappe for his blistering 速度(を上げる） and was labelled by Kevin De Bruyne as a 'diamond in the rough'… who is Manchester City's next 調印?

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Jeremy Doku is 辛勝する／優位ing closer to joining Manchester City after the English 巨大（な）s agreed a £55m 料金 for the ベルギー talent.

The 21-year-old has never played in England after rising through the 階級s of Belgium football before starring in フラン for Ligue 1 味方する Rennes.

Doku 誇るs impressive 速度(を上げる） and 技術 with Pep Guardiola keen to bring in more attacking talents before the summer 移転 window 激突するs shut.

After losing Riyad Mahrez, it is believed that Doku could 取って代わる him in City's attack in a position where 学院 卒業生（する） Cole Palmer is also hoping to 安全な・保証する 正規の／正選手 first-team minutes.

Mail Sport takes a look at what Doku, who is を受けるing a 医療の at City today, will bring to the 首相 League when he finalises his move to the 統治するing 支持する／優勝者s .

Belgium talent Jeremy Doku is の近くに to 完全にするing a £55m move to join Manchester City

Who is he?

Doku isn't a 世帯 指名する to 首相 League 支持者s but has gone under-the-レーダ to become one of Ligue 1's 近づいている 星／主役にするs.

The 21-year-old, born in Belgium, descends from Ghanaian parents and was born just four days before the 2002 World Cup got 進行中で. Twenty years later he would travel with Belgium as part of their 競争 squad for the same tournament in Qatar.

He grew up in a neighbourhood just a few minutes away from Belgium professional club Antwerp, but にもかかわらず the proximity to the club would go on to be snapped up by プロの／賛成の League 競争相手s Anderlecht at the age of 10.

As he entered his formative teenage years, Doku began to put European clubs on 警報, with his unbelievable pace and trickery making others sit up and take notice as he was 手渡すd his first professional 外見 at just 16.

He 得点する／非難する／２０d his first 上級の goal for the Belgium 巨大（な）s against Oostende and followed that up with his first cup goal just a few days later as Anderlecht 支持者s began to recognise they had a special youngster in their 中央.?

Liverpool 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 調印する Doku after his 打開 （選挙などの）運動をする and even flew him and his parents to Anfield for 会談 with Jurgen Klopp and a 小旅行する of the club' s training コンビナート／複合体.

However, にもかかわらず 会合 Mohamed Salah and 存在 told he could be the perfect 相続人 to Sadio Mane, Doku didn't want to 追求する a move to England and instead 選ぶd to join Rennes in a 取引，協定 価値（がある） in the 地域 of £22m as Anderlecht cashed-in on their 学院 talent.

Doku rose through the 階級s of Belgium club Anderlecht before moving to フラン

Doku (white shirt) has been あられ／賞賛するd for his blistering 速度(を上げる）, trickery, and dribbling 技術s

Jeremy's brother and スパイ／執行官, Jefferson Doku, 認める that it wasn't a difficult choice to make and went on to make his Rennes debut at the start of the 2020-21 season after 調印 a five-year を取り引きする the club.

He would go on to uproot former Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar by 完全にするing the most successful dribbles in a Ligue 1 match (12) and finished his 開始 year in the nation with two league goals.

Doku would go on to become a 主要な支え in the team, にもかかわらず 苦しむing a 一連の muscle and ligament 傷害s in his second yea r at the club, and featured in European 競争 with a move to Man City seeing him 準備する to play in the third league of his career.?

What are his strengths??

速度(を上げる）, trickery, and 優れた dribbling 技術s are the 重要な 質s that will have attracted Pep Guardiola to the youngster.

Raw pace runs in the family with his father, David Doku, 報道によれば 収入 credit as an 競技者 in his 青年 while 試みる／企てるing to balance sport with raising a family of four children.

However, Jeremy has excelled in honing his 速度(を上げる） and has become a nightmare for Ligue 1 defenders to を取り引きする as his balance and acceleration make it a 近づく-impossible 仕事 for others to keep up with him.

Doku 誇るs excellent physical 能力s and reached a career 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 19.57mph, just eight short of the fastest man ever Usain Bolt's 記録，記録的な／記録する.

愛称d the 'ベルギー Flash' after the superhero character 'Flash', Doku has received plaudits from some of the biggest 指名するs in football for his terrifying 速度(を上げる）.

Kylian Mbappe, who is no slouch himself, 以前 認める that Doku had really impressed him while speaking with Get French Football?two years ago.?

Doku (権利) will be able to link-up with his Belgium team-mate Kevin de Bruyne (left) at Man City

Kylian Mbappe (pictured) 賞賛するd Doku as one of the most impressive talents he has seen in Ligue 1

Mbappe said: 'Recently I was talking with my father about which players impressed me when I was 負傷させるd.?

'One of them, because of his 速度(を上げる）, is Jeremy Doku from Rennes. In five years as a professional football player, I have never seen someone develop so much strength from a 行き詰まり as him.'

However, it's not just his blistering pace that has caught the attention of the 首相 League and 支持する／優勝者s League 支えるもの／所有者s, with Doku able to play on either wing with 信用／信任.

His link-up play and strength in one-v-one シナリオs with defenders see's him rarely 押すd off the ball as he moves into attacking areas.

Doku also 栄えるs in coming off the ball into the middle of the park where his 決定／判定勝ち（する）-making 似ているs that of a far more experienced player.

What people have said about him

Mbappe has already marvelled at Doku's 速度(を上げる）, but the Rennes winger has also received plenty of 賞賛する from other team-mates and competitors.

Former Belgium coach - now Portugal boss - Roberto Martinez once labelled the player as '魔法' when speaking before last year's World Cup.

Doku has received plenty of 賞賛する from team-mates and competitors

'When I talk about him, I have to smile. He's one of those players who brings 魔法 to his game. We need players who can be one-on-one,' said Martinez.

'It's true that he hasn't played enough but I don't agree that his 団体／死体 is difficult to 扱う.'

Doku will also soon be linking up with his Belgium 国家の team-mate Kevin De Bruyne at Manchester City, with the sensational playmaker 以前 echoing 類似の 感情s about the young 星／主役にする.

After Belgium 巡航するd to a 5-1 Nations League victory over アイスランド three years ago, De Bruyne identified some of the 重要な talents that Doku 所有するs.

'He is nimble, 急速な／放蕩な and he can dribble. Of course, he いつかs makes a mistake, but who doesn't? He is a diamond in the rough,' said De Bruyne.

やめる the 賞賛する from some of the biggest 指名するs in the sport for the 21-year-old.?

Are there any com plications?

His move to Manchester City should go through without any major hiccups. The player appears keen on joining and the 統治するing 首相 League 支持する／優勝者s have the necessary 基金s to 押し進める the 取引，協定 through.

However, at just 21-years-old there is always the 危険 that forking out on 可能性のある may not bring in the rewards that 早期に career 調印するs have 約束d.

City only have to look at their 隣人s Manchester 部隊d and the 抱擁する sums they have forked out on 約束ing talents in 最近の seasons to see the 危険 伴う／関わるd.

The 21-year-old has struggled with 時折起こる 傷害s over the last two seasons in フラン

Doku (権利) is keen to move to Manchester City this summer to work under Pep Guardiola

The Red Devils forked out £73million to Borussia Dortmund for winger Jadon Sancho in 2021 with the Englishman at the time あられ／賞賛するd as one of Europe's best young talents.

He has so far failed to build on that status and has dropped 負かす／撃墜する th e つつく／ペックing order with 部隊d having to 増強する their attack with other arrivals and Sancho appearing to need a strong season to 妨げる 存在 shown the 出口 door.

Doku's 傷害 記録，記録的な／記録する is also 疑わしい with his みごたえのある （一定の）期間 at Rennes interrupted by a 一連の problems that have seen him ぱたぱたする in and out of the team.

The ベルギー 行方不明になるd 11 Ligue 1 matches last season through a combination of muscle 傷害s and 事前の to that 行方不明になるd 39 games at both club and international level in the 2021-22 season through 類似の problems.