England goalkeeper Hart, City’s longest-serving player, was forced to seek pastures new after boss Pep Guardiola preferred Caballero in goal at the start of this season before bringing in Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.
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While in charge of City in the Premier League last term, Clattenburg oversaw one win, one draw and one loss – the latter coming against Tottenham at the Etihad.
Although with Caballero out of contract at the end of the season, it’s therefore believed that City’s long-term plans are to have Gunn broken slowly into first team football, in the hopes of being second choice to Bravo next season. “Then we will see again the best Vincent Kompany”.
Now Toure, a four-time African Footballer of the Year, faces being frozen out at a club where he should be remembered as a legend.
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has been undergoing special blood tests in order to beat his persistent injury problems that have majorly interrupted his career.
Mark Clattenburg has been handed the whistle for the crunch Premier League derby between Manchester United and Manchester City on Saturday.
Kompany is reported to have come through a 50-minute behind closed doors match without suffering any setbacks. The club physios have been measuring enzyme levels in the Belgian’s blood to monitor his recovery.
It also determines whether an individual has recovered fully after an intense period of training and is more accurate than traditional CT scans.
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“What happened with Vincent Kompany the last two years – it was so hard for him and the team”, Guardiola said in preseason. Last Thursday we played a friendly game against Belgium in Brussels and the team left a very good impression.
