Hart is set to leave City after being reduced to a fringe role since Pep Guardiola’s arrival as manager and the England global had been strongly linked with a switch to Everton.
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“I have followed City’s progress in recent years and obviously know some of my new team-mates from the Copa America”, Bravo told the club’s website.
“It is not easy to leave a club like Barcelona where I had two fantastic years, but the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola was too good to refuse”.
“He has experience and great leadership qualities and is in the prime of his life”.
Manchester City recruit Claudio Bravo penned an open and heartfelt farewell letter to everyone associated with Barcelona, a club who will always have a place in his heart.
Hart was handed the captain’s armband by coach Pep Guardiola for City’s Champions League play-off game against Steaua Bucharest on Wednesday, a gesture which many believe signals the end of the Englishman’s time at the Etihad Stadium.
Hart has been linked with a move away from City since losing his place to Willy Caballero at the start of the campaign.
While arguing that one must move around these problems since the number of English players in the Premier League has lessened over the years, Sky Sports reported the manager as saying, “I think the problem for any player that you want to select for England, not just in isolation, is that it’s a concern if that player isn’t playing for his team”. “I was honest with Joe, I was honest with the club, I was honest with all the players in the squad”, said the Catalan, whose name was also chanted by City’s fans.
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Speaking afterward, Hart said: “We have a top manager that the club has wanted a long, long time, and he’s going to have his opinion on things”. “But situations occur in football”. But can we get in the England squad only those who play every week?
