He said: “I can not deny what everybody knows but, sorry, the deal is not complete”.
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Pep Guardiola admits he has been surprised how quickly Manchester City’s players have adopted his methods after a 4-1 victory over Stoke continued the Spaniard’s 100 per cent start.
Barcelona have agreed a deal with Ajax to sign Jasper Cillessen, according to Sky sources, paving the way for Chile global goalkeeper Bravo to swap the Nou Camp for the Etihad and trigger Joe Hart’s exit from City.
After spending three games of the new season on the bench, Hart will face Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League play-off round second-leg clash.
“I don’t know why, because he’s a great English player, they should be supporting him instead of booing him”. “But until a deal is complete, I can not answer”.
Guardiola even insists he has not ruled out the possibility of Hart featuring against Steaua, a game which City will begin with a 5-0 aggregate lead: “He has a chance to play tomorrow”, said Guardiola.
This will seriously affect his chances of playing for England – new manager Sam Allardyce has already suggested that Hart needs to be playing regularly to remain as his number one – so to be at a club where he is not even on the bench most weeks could well kill off his worldwide career.
Guardiola told reporters on Tuesday, “I have an excellent relationship with Joe”.
Guardiola, though, said he would not comment on the signing until it was officially completed. I don’t care what people say about him after past year or the Euros. City were forced to withstand heavy Stoke pressure before two late goals from substitute Nolito sealed the victory.
As for Leicester, the champions are still searching for the first win of their title defense after a 0-0 draw at home to Arsenal, in a game between the top two teams from last season. Against West Ham is it not possible for him to play. “After [the deadline] we will speak about everything”.
“It’s not pressure, it’s a dream come true”. It’s hard for me to leave players who deserve to play out.
“If they want to leave because they prefer to play every game – not speaking about Joe, speaking about all the players in the squad – I want to live and work with the players who want to stay”.
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Midfielder Yaya Toure also made his first appearance of the season against Steaua after being overlooked completely for the first three games.
