Rico Lewis shows his ambition with clear message to Man City dressing room

12 August 2023 , 21:30

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Rico Lewis shows his ambition with clear message to Man City dressing room

Teenage Manchester City sensation Rico Lewis isn’t satisfied with winning the Treble in his first season - now he wants to go one better.

Lewis, 18, collected Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup medals after breaking into Pep Guardiola’s team last year as the Blues made history. But now he’s set his sights on landing the Quadruple.

Lewis, who can add to his collection when City meet Sevilla in the European Super Cup in Athens on Wednesday, said: “The objective is to win the treble again - or to win the quadruple.

“You know, winning it once isn’t good enough, so we have to keep on going and try and win it again. The Super Cup is a new competition for us.

"We've never won it, the club’s never won it, so, again, it's another trophy that we want to win. It’s another competition - and the important thing is that we need to go and take on.”

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Lewis made 24 appearances for City last season after forcing his way into Guardiola’s plans a year ago. The Bury-born England Under-21 international brings the versatility that the City boss admires and has the ability to operate in midfield as well as at full-back.

Lewis was given another vote of confidence when he was given the nod to start the Blues’ opening Premier League game of the season on Friday night as they opened up the defence of their title with a 3-0 victory at Burnley.

He was struck on the head by an object thrown from the Turf Moor crowd in the first half - but insisted he did not allow the incident to throw him off his game.

BURNLEY, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Rico Lewis of Manchester City arrives at the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Burnley FC and Manchester City at Turf Moor on August 11, 2023 in Burnley, England. (Photo by Lexy Ilsley - Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)

Lewis, who has agreed the terms of a new six-year contract at the Etihad, said: “Obviously when you're in the game you can't really focus on that. It was just something I had to deal with at the time.

“It's just an incident. It’s unfortunate it happened to me but it happens to a lot of players - which is not a good thing. But there's nothing really much you can do about it. You’ve just got to ignore it and then hope it’ll get sorted at the end of the game.

“We’re very happy, because we’ve come away with what we needed, which is three points. Coming here to a side like Burnley, where they've just been promoted, they’re going to have fire in their bellies. So to get off the ground running and get a result in early means we’re very happy.”

Simon Mullock