City’s New Wonderwall, Vitor Reis!…

Once upon a time in the land of futbol fairy tales, a dashing young knight by the name of Vitor Reis rode into the glittering kingdom of Manchester City atop a golden football, paid for by a treasure chest weighing in at £29.6 million! His mission? To tango with the globe’s finest and steal hearts on the football battlefield of the Club World Cup. Despite slipping like a banana-peel pratfall during his duel with Wydad AC, young Vitor floated on the Philly cheese field with a ball like it was a hot-air balloon! Three matches under his knightly belt and already leaving defenders quaking in their boots like schoolboys trying to impress Miss Coach Pep Guardiola.

But alas, all was not sunshine and rainbows in Vitor’s royal blue quest. For in the enchanted forest of defenders, he found himself surrounded by a baffling bevy of rivals—Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol, the McLaren F1 of defenders, are the top cherries, mind you! This left our teenage tornado seventh on the royal scroll of who-gets-to-play, ready to collect cobwebs on the bench or be tossed on a European loan circus tour, depending on whether his competition rides off into the retirement sunset.

Rumor has it, King Pep might just tighten the armor on old guards like Stones, Ake, and Akanji, who are as stable as jello in a washing machine, to pave a golden path for the Brazilian prince. And if the scales tip in Vitor’s favor—and City needs some payroll magic—one of the veterans might be packing their bags for a summer siesta, all while Vitor sets off to defend the gates of Etihad Castle anew. Grab your enchanted popcorn, folks, as the saga unfolds!