Guardiola is still keen on signing a new goalkeeper in order to get his passing game off the ground, with Sporting Lisbon’s Rui Patricio and Barcelona’s Claudio Bravo both linked.
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“I saw enough games about Steaua”.
“We treat everyone with the same respect. The most important thing for me is to enjoy this game and that I keep improving”.
“Of course it is also convincing the players how important it is to play in the Champions League, how lovely it is to play during the season in Europe. We are going to try to do that”.
New City manager Pep Guardiola elected to pick Willy Caballero in goals ahead of Hart for the side’s Premier League opener against Sunderland on Saturday.
Guardiola admitted after the win against Sunderland that Hart, along with a trio of other players would be upset at being left out.
Allardyce is an admirer of the 28-year-old Southampton goalkeeper and believes he deserves an opportunity to displace Hart, who endured a hard time at Euro 2016 and is not expecting to return to first-team action at City with Guardiola pushing the club’s hierarchy to sign a new first-choice goalkeeper. I don’t really play as a number ten, more as a free eight, with a lot of movement everywhere.
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“We travelled with young guys (Angus Gunn, Tosin Adarabioyo and Angel Tasende) who may stay out of the selection, and I prefer that to be the young guys than Yaya Toure”. I know perfectly his quality, he knows the reason why today he was not on the list, because I speak with the players to say the reason why, and I know they’re so professional. But once he wraps up his Barça career, Bravo will be a City keeper. “He is a big professional”.
