The 28-year-old’s contract is due to expire in 2019 and he’d previously expressed a desire to re-sign for boyhood club Independiente once his City deal winds down.
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Yet, as good as they have been, Guardiola is demanding improvement.
“I was not here, I don’t know what happened, but they can forget it”. I think here the difference is more games.
Having seen the Argentine striker give him the ideal start to City’s Champions League campaign in a 4-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach, Guardiola admitted there was nothing left to train.
City face Bournemouth without the suspended Aguero on Saturday looking to make it five straight wins to kick off the Premier League season, but Guardiola is taking nothing for granted despite his side’s fast start.
“Four months of rehabilitation is made more hard especially when you don’t have an opportunity to be tested, or even a friendly to practice”. They played really, really well against [Manchester] United in the first 30 minutes until the [Juan] Mata goal. We didn’t stop the build-up of the opponent and in one-on ones and in defence we didn’t show the quality we have shown in previous campaigns. I am very happy, it was a special day.
Guardiola effectively ruled playmaker David Silva out of Saturday’s match with a knock.
Gundogan, signed from Borussia Dortmund for 20 million pounds ($26.5 million, 23.5 million euros) during the close season, made a belated City debut on Wednesday with Silva absent. “I think it’s not a big, big problem, but it happened just two days ago”.
He added: “I know perfectly Borussia”.
We all remember that fateful day when Sergio Aguero secured the victory for the Sky Blues in the final seconds of the match, to finally split the difference between the two Manchester clubs. He played good but we can not forget where he has come from – a long-term injury.
“We will see tomorrow”.
“We will see tomorrow”.
But even with a 100 percent start to his career in England, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach says he is not satisfied. If Eddie Howe can get players like Jack Wilshere to stay fit and perform to their best, Bournemouth are more than capable of putting together a decent run of form. “If not, maybe you are not going to play in the next one”.
The Catalan, who consulted a number of different managers and players about life in the Premier League before arriving this summer, is still getting to grips with the number of games in English football.
Barring the absence of Vincent Kompany through injury and Sergio Aguero through suspension, Guardiola has a near complete squad to pick from.
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Guardiola said: “We were at home and asleep with our wives and people, our kids”.
