Runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City already boast an enviable cast of match-winners in the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Gabriel Jesus.
Now teenager Marcus Jorgensen can be added to the list.
The Dane will not be gracing the Etihad pitch though and will probably spend his Manchester City career sat on his backside with a PlayStation 4 controller in his hands.
City’s latest transfer coup is one of the world’s leading FIFA esports players and will make his ‘debut’ in Barcelona in January at the FUT Champions Cup.
He becomes City’s second professional esports player and will join Kieran ‘Kez’ Brown in tournaments around the world.
Jorgensen, known in the gaming world as ‘Expect Sporting’, says his style is “direct” so it might not sit too well with City manager Pep Guardiola’s passing philosophy.
Yet his slick fingers have helped him forge a name for himself in the rapidly expanding esports world.
In 2017, playing for Brondby, he became the inaugural champion at the FIFA Interactive Club World Cup.
He also reached the FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final in London.
