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Maybe it is a trick of the mind because Enzo Fernandez and Iliman Ndiaye only signed on Tuesday, and Ayyoub Bouaddi came in not long before that, but Elliot Anderson plays like he has been at the Etihad Stadium for years. The 23-year-old always seems to be in the right place to mop up danger and never seems to make a bad decision in possession. Often, he fired the ball through the lines into the feet of attacking players, who bounced it off to a team-mate facing goal, a very clear attacking pattern of Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City on the day. In difficult situations, Anderson was there to take the ball and calm things down again. Maresca sees Anderson as his holding midfielder, which answers a lot of questions about the make-up of the City midfield going forward, and with displays like this it is very easy to imagine him running the show just as the likes of Rodri and Fernandinho did over the past decade. 📝 @SamLee 🔗 nyti.ms/4qWkyKI

Blue is his colour 😮‍💨🩵

🚨🔵 BREAKING: Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, here we go! Deal in place between clubs for fee worth £116m. #MCFC sources confirm agreement now done after talks at final stages as reported last week. Anderson asked Forest today to go and leave the club. Medical in the US.

We’re all with you, Elliot. ❤️