The midfielder’s route to the top with Huddersfield,via Manchester Citys burgeoning global empire, illustrates not just the Australian’s talent but the unusual nature of player recruitmentWhen Huddersfield paid a club record £8m to sign Aaron Mooy from Manchester City last summer, and Town’s chairman,Dean Hoyle, hailed the deal as a “no-brainer” while acknowledging that City had been canny to sign the player a year earlier even though the Australian had never got anywhere near Pep Guardiola’s squad.
Mooy’s story showcases not only his own qualities but also how recruitment is changing in English football, or with City among the clubs assembling enormous portfolios of players in much the same way as speculators build property empires.
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Source: guardian.co.uk