During the 90’s Manchester City had little to cheer about, relegation from the Premier League in the 1995/96 season and then 2 years later dropping to the 3rd tier of English football, times were tough being a City fan. The players the club had were average but one man shone above the rest, one of the greatest players to grace the field of the great old ground Maine Road, that man was Georgi Kinkladze.
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Gio, as he was known by the fans, was skillful, fast and could create a moment of magic from nothing, unfortunately his time with the club saw them relegated twice and his work-rate for the team questioned on several occasions but when he had the ball everyone was on the edge of their seat. In 1998, Joe Royle took over at Man City and regarding Gio as an “unaffordable luxury” and in the summer he was sold for £5m to Ajax, where his career started on a downward spiral and he never hit the heights, in terms of performances, like he did at City.
The little Georgian made 405 appearances as a club player, scoring 90 goals and also represented his country 57 times, scoring 9 goals. Gio will always be a cult-hero at Manchester City and this is where my story begins!
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Gio, as he was known by the fans, was skillful, fast and could create a moment of magic from nothing, unfortunately his time with the club saw them relegated twice and his work-rate for the team questioned on several occasions but when he had the ball everyone was on the edge of their seat. In 1998, Joe Royle took over at Man City and regarding Gio as an “unaffordable luxury” and in the summer he was sold for £5m to Ajax, where his career started on a downward spiral and he never hit the heights, in terms of performances, like he did at City.
The little Georgian made 405 appearances as a club player, scoring 90 goals and also represented his country 57 times, scoring 9 goals. Gio will always be a cult-hero at Manchester City and this is where my story begins!