Bravo said in a release: “I’m very proud to be joining Manchester City”.
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Pep Guardiola, who became City manager in the summer, has major reservations about Hart’s ability to play as the kind of “sweeper-keeper” his preferred system demands.
“My family are a huge part of my life so bringing them here is really positive because we are really happy to start a new adventure together”.
The England global doesn’t look to have a future at the Etihad Stadium, with new manager Pep Guardiola preferring Willy Caballero in the opening two games of the Premier League campaign and signing Claudio Bravo from Barcelona on Thursday, per the club’s official website. But he’s fit enough to play for now, and is on the squad and the most likely to start in goal. The other ones, maybe they will stay, maybe they are going.
“We’re going to speak about the situation in the last days”.
He declared: “We’ll have to make our best performance to go through to the next stage”.
Claudio Bravo’s debut for Manchester City is set to come in the most high-profile match of the English Premier League season: The Manchester derby. He played at Real Sociedad and then for two years in Barcelona where he played some important games and created something special with his global team-mates at Chile [by winning the Copa America].
The England goalkeeper is looking for the next step in his career after Claudio Bravo’s arrival at Manchester City further limited his first-team chances. “His experience, to anticipate situations not in the box and in front of the box, being good in the buildup plays and quick under the posts – he is a good player for us”.
Bravo joined Barcelona in 2014 and has won two La Liga titles, the Champions League and Fifa Club World Cup. “I have followed City’s progress in recent years and obviously know some of my new teammates from the Copa America”, he told the club’s official website.
Finishing 12th last season and opening this season with a 3-2 defeat to AC Milan, they are not one of the most glamorous sides in Italy, but would offer Hart an intriguing proposition.
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But Sunderland are in the market for a new ‘keeper with first-choice Vito Mannone ruled out for three months with an elbow injury leaving 22-year-old Jordan Pickford as their No1. There isn’t a better team to check our current level as a team. We need some time.
