Catch me if you can: that should be Brahim Diaz’s tag-line, both on and off the pitch.
With a dribbling style compared to Lionel Messi’s, the 19-year-old forward is a slippery eel for opponents but Manchester City can’t keep a hold of him either.
Diaz has made the £15 million ($19m) move to Real Madrid in the January window, defying coach Pep Guardiola, who wanted him to pen a new deal at the Etihad.
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His Man City contract was set to run out in June and, frustrated at limited first-team opportunities in Manchester, the Spaniard has been seduced by the promise of playing time at the Santiago Bernabeu.