Hart, who has 63 caps for England, is yet to make an appearance for Manchester City this season and, according to British media reports, has been told by new manager Pep Guardiola that he is free to leave if he wants.
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Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick in Romania and has netted six in the first three games of the season, but Iheanacho insists he is not under pressure to live up to the Argentinian’s standards.
City lead 5-0 from the first leg of their play-off and Guardiola is expected to rotate his squad for the return fixture at the Etihad Stadium.
Hart was named captain for the night and was constantly cheered by City fans, who rose in the 65th minute to launch into a chorus of “Stand up if you love Joe Hart”.
“I have an excellent relationship with Joe”, he added. I am so happy how the people treat him and love him. “I hope he keeps scoring to help us this season”. Until the 31st of this month, all the players here are our players, my players.
“You have to have doubts about that, but before I meet up with Joe I don’t know where he lies in that process at the moment”. I’m not involved to speak. I’m not able to speak about what’s going on.
The Chile global was pictured at the airport in Barcelona on Tuesday and later shown arriving at Manchester Airport.
Pep Guardiola has all but confirmed Claudio Bravo’s imminent move to Manchester City, revealing that he “cannot deny what everyone knows”. ‘Barcelona were the first ones a week or 10 days ago to announce the contact with Manchester City but, I’m sorry, when the deal is complete or not complete I will be open to answer. A potential loan move to Everton broke down after City refused to subsidise any of his salary, with the Merseyside club unwilling to pay his £135,000-a-week (€157,000) wage.
“That is the problem for any player you want to select for England, not just in isolation, is that it’ll be a concern if that player doesn’t play for his team”, said Allardyce. These players and club deserve it.
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Guardiola’s troops have looked dominant in the two recent games, also winning their Premier League game with Stoke City by the score of 4-1. “I did well. I won’t always start because of the other guys in the squad but the most important thing is we all worked together in the same direction and in the end we had a good win”.
