Mr. Opare is a (not so) secret star buy on FM09, as in real life right back can often be a difficult position to fill. Although at Man City you've got a very good right back by the name of Micha Richards, but if you prefer him as a central defender then you should strengthen the right back position.
Daniel Opare is only 18 years old, but already established on Real Madrid U18's and Ghana U21's which speaks volumes of his potential. Even first season his stats are good enough to be a backup player.
Here's a screenshot of the way he starts out on the 9.02 database:
And here's one of him as a 19 year old:
As you can see, he ticks all the right boxes. He's quick, fit, a good tackler and a hard-worker with good determination. But most importantly he's one of those strange players who regardless of their attributes for some reason they always seem to excell.
At The 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup Opare got widespread praise for his performances, ultimately helping Ghana to a repectable fourth place finish. Many believe this talented Ghana team could have won the tournament all together, but they were rather unlucky to lose 2-1 after extra time against Spain in the Semi-Finals and then lose to Germany in the Bronze Final.
His excellent performances in FIFA U-17 World Cup and African U-17 Championship prompted Real Madrid to sign him from Ashanti Gold, but in FM09 (9.02 patch) he has a £200,000 minimum release clause, and he'll be willing to sign for Manchester City no problem.
Daniel Opare is definitively a player for the future, available on the cheap and he'll happily join you at the mighty Citizens!
As you can see from the screenshot he's been generously scattered with 17s in all the important GK stats such as: Handling, One on One, Kicking and Throwing. He's also got 18 in Reflexes and Determination. Most other stats are nice 16-14s.