The England goalkeeper started the dead rubber against Steaua Bucuresti on Wednesday night.
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According to TalkSport, Guardiola said: “He’s [Bravo] fit but he’s not going to play this weekend”.
Hart is England’s first-choice goalkeeper and has been a regular for City since 2010, but has been told by Guardiola that he can join another club. “We have a game at Stoke on Saturday and that is more important than all the rumours”.
“He has experience, anticipates situations not in the box, in front of the box, good in the build-up plays, quick under the posts, he is a good player for us”, said Guardiola. “He is a goalkeeper I have admired for a number of years and I’m really happy he is now a City player”.
Guardiola added: “Claudio is a fantastic goalkeeper and an excellent addition to our squad”.
“Kelechi’s injury was nearly nothing so it was a scare but he’s fine”, he said.
“We still have one training session, but the situation is that after this game we have a couple of weeks and the temptation is not to play them because is it worth the risk?”
With the window closing soon, City made their seventh signing this summer.
The Blues were paired with Borussia Monchengladbach, Celtic and Pep’s former side FC Barcelona in Thursday’s draw in Monaco.
Torino, who lost their Serie A opener 3-2 to AC Milan after a last-minute Donnarumma penalty save, are also said to be in for Hart, as well as German giants Borussia Dortmund.
“I have to take decisions and I can’t deny what I feel”.
“I have followed City’s progress in recent years and obviously know some of my new teammates from the Copa America”.
“The first time is ‘Wow.’ The second time is the second time”.
Out-of-favour Manchester City star Joe Hart, who was dropped to the bench by new boss Pep Guardiola, has now opened up about his relationship with the Spaniard. “So we’re going to try to help him, because he deserves the best answer from us”. “After West Ham, we continue to speak and we’ll see what the situation is”. “A lot of them have and a lot of them have done well, but when you are coming into a massive club like Manchester City and especially with Joe having the history of what he’s done for the club, it’s going to be very hard”.
“If Joe stays here with the other goalkeepers, he’ll be treated like the other players”.
“If all four stay here, the best solution is for everybody to be involved in our idea”. They have had a stable position in the table, they are playing good football.
Finally, Guardiola spoke on Aleks Kolarov and expressed his delight that the Serb has provided a new option at centre back. When the fans are unhappy, I can completely understand that. These guys who were here create this step and I respect (them) a lot.
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“We agreed and we’re convinced he has the ability to do that”.
