Guardiola may now have added further fuel to that by leaving 33-year-old Toure out of the travelling party for the first-leg of City’s Champions League play-off at Steaua Bucharest tonight.
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The Spaniard said: “I enjoy my job preparing the games, seeing what is going to happen and anticipating what the players are going to find during the game, and trying to find solutions”.
Bravo has taken the decision to leave the Spanish champions after learning that he will not feature as the club’s number one for league games in the coming season, with that place instead going to Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
First, he left internationals Samir Nasri, Wilfried Bony and Eliaquim Mangala out of the squad for the upcoming UEFA Champions League season, before also dropping Yaya Toure from the squad for the UCL qualifier against Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday. So we try to be five against four.
“‘I’m delighted he’s gone to Manchester City, to Guardiola, ‘ said Neville.’It’s the best club for him at the moment with the manager they have”.
The Sun reported that the 29-year-old England global goal tender is fearing that his “ten-year Manchester City career is over” after he was left on the bench by Guardiola during the Citizens’ 2-1 victory over Sunderland last Saturday at the Etihad.
And Pep’s masterstroke will have served two purposes – it will hopefully spark Hart into life again and make him up his game, forget about lucrative commercial endorsements and focus on football and having fun again.
“We travelled with two young guys and I prefer it to be them than Yaya Toure”.
Speaking after the game, Guardiola said: “That is the first step and after we can talk about the tactics, the performance, play good or play bad”.
“That is why he didn’t play, the only reason why”.
City were 2-1 winners against Sunderland in their Premier League opener at The Etihad on Saturday thanks to Sergio Aguero’s penalty and Paddy McNair’s own goal.
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Guardiola also praised Hart, but refused to deny reports in the British media that he is lining up a move for Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo as a replacement for the 29-year-old. “He is a big professional”.
