A precocious talent combined with an irrepressible physical explosiveness which will now see his price tag go well beyond the 50 million expected by Freiburg. Johan is a kind of early Bellingham, and this in itself is off the charts
The last dazzling light seen from this spaceship called SoFi is called Johan Manzambi. He is yet another boy who has bewitched the World Cup, he has African origins and a Swiss passport and he too risks ending up in orbit: here the market value is ready to explode to unthinkable figures. When he entered the field in the last quarter of the match in Los Angeles, he crushed Bosnia-Herzegovina with his physique and speedy technique, as befits this era: the two goals were only a consequence of so much precocious talent and ruined the resistance of the eternal Dzeko and his soldiers. The first center, on the fly, remains one of the many precious postcards seen so far in the tournament: knowing how to coordinate in that way in the area, in such a delicate moment, doesn’t belong to everyone. Now the global showcase definitively takes him out of the Bundesliga and puts him at the center of the scene: at Freiburg, fresh from the Europa League final thanks also to a super goal from Manzambi in the semi-final against Braga, they are licking their fingers. For now, sixty million would not be enough for the big names on the continent who are watching him, but the price is constantly being updated, given that the Swiss World Cup could be decidedly long. In short, there will be no shortage of other opportunities to showcase one of the most intriguing young players on the continent, a sort of evolved Bellingham who runs box to box and, by his coaches’ own definition, must improve especially in the defensive phase.