City are reportedly on the verge of signing Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, which could see Hart demoted to no.3 under Pep Guardiola.
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Manchester City are set to be without Yaya Toure as they kick off their Champions League qualification campaign by travelling to Romania for the first leg of the qualification play-off against Steaua Bucharest today.
Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, right, fights for the ball against Sunderland’s Donald Love during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday Aug. 13, 2016.
“He is a player of us and he is training wonderful, but I was not sure if he was going to play, and so I prefer it if he stays there training good in Manchester”, the City boss said of the ex-Barcelona midfielder. That is my job.
Steaua Bucharest struggled to make any impact on the game after the start of the second half before Aguero eventually made the scoreline 4-0 in the 79th minute (after goals from Nolito and Silva). “We know he has that but, just as importantly, he has character – and that is one of the most important qualities you can have as a goalkeeper”.
“Of course this was a big step forward to being in the Champions League this season but we need to finish it off now next week”.
“Every game counts and we have a great chance to continue towards the dream of winning the Champions League”, he said.
The Catalan added: “At the end, the pitch is the pitch and everything is level”.
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“He had a little problem with his tendon and I could not risk two games in just three days, so that’s why I chose to play with John Stones and Kolarov”. The first target is to try to play good for us and for our people, our fans. He has to learn the capabilities of these players and some of them will be asked to do specific jobs that they are not used to in training games and that’s fine.
