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Man City Corners With James French & Noni Madueke Scout Report At Arsenal 2025/2026
Today, we have a set-piece analysis article on new Man City set-piece coach James French, formerly of Liverpool, and a player analysis piece on Noni Madueke at Arsenal in 2025/2026.


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Manchester City‘s staff have witnessed many changes with the aim of making the Citizens wake up again.
The most notable new members are ex-Liverpool coaches Pepijn Lijnders and James French.
Lijnders has been appointed as assistant coach, while James French joins as set-piece coach.
In the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Man City were one of the best teams in terms of attacking corners, and they had some good tactics under the leadership of the new set-piece coach.
We know that French didn’t have time before the tournament, and it is difficult to teach the players new things during the tournament.
However, we can see some repeatedly implemented tricks, routines, or principles that may help us identify some features of his tactics and anticipate what he will prefer to do in the future.
In this tactical analysis, we will show Man City’s attacking corner tactics implemented in the FIFA Club World Cup, highlighting the common issues against zonal marking and man-marking defending systems in this set-piece analysis.
Arsenal have gone and spent £52m to secure the signing of Noni Madueke from Chelsea.
On the surface, it looks like a very expensive backup signing, considering the Gunners already have one of the best right-wingers in the world in Bukayo Saka.
However, there is more underneath the surface with Noni Madueke and his fit with Arsenal, rather than simply being Bukayo Saka’s backup.
He was brilliant for the Blues this past season, starting 27 matches in the Premier League and being second on the team behind only Cole Palmer in terms of xG + xA per 90 minutes.
Arsenal have finished second in the Premier League three straight seasons and need to bolster their squad to challenge with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea.
They’ve spent big this summer, bringing in Martín Zubimendi, Viktor Gyökeres, Christian Nørgaard, and Cristhian Mosquera.
Noni Madueke is undoubtedly one of the best young English talents on the wing.
He has said before that he moulds his game after his new teammate, Bukayo Saka.
He started his career in the Netherlands, starring for PSV Eindhoven.
At a young age, he had already played in over 100 matches at the club level and had even recently featured for England this summer during FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In this article, we will examine whether Noni Madueke is simply a very good backup option to Saka or whether Mikel Arteta and Arsenal have different plans for him.
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