When Jeremy Doku arrived at Manchester City as a 21-year-old in August 2023, his brief was to turn his promising displays at Rennes and for the Belgian national side into sustained performances for one of the planet’s elite sides.
That £55million move was made with both excitement and expectation in equal measure, not least on the part of the player himself, who wanted to be reassured that he would not become a mere squad option in Manchester City’s star-packed side that had just won their historic treble.
