However, Guardiola has preferred long-time understudy Willy Caballero as No 1 for the first two Premier League games of the season and has been open to Hart leaving the club. If the transfer window is closed and he is here, he has to stay here, he will be treated like another one.
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Guardiola even suggested Hart could alternate with Caballero and the highly-rated Angus Gunn as to who would be number two behind Bravo. They are going to be in rotation, part of that.
City manager Pep Guardiola likes his goalkeepers to be good with their feet so they can build up play from the back, explaining his move for Bravo and his decision to drop Hart at the start of this season.
Asked if he was still on the look-out, the Catalan said: “No chance, it is enough”.
Chile worldwide Bravo has signed a four-year contract and is reported to have cost City around £17 million (RM90.4 million).
City manager and former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has opted not to use England global Joe Hart in goal to start the season, as the longtime starter isn’t a flawless fit for his system, which calls for the stopper to be adept at passing the ball. I grew up in Catalonia.
“I was lucky to have under my command Chilean players like Alexis Sanchez (at Barca) and Arturo Vidal (at Bayern Muncih) before, and now Claudio Bravo”.
Hart is not as comfortable in possession, meaning his City future is looking bleak after 10 years at the club, during which time he has become England’s first-choice goalkeeper.
Hart fell out with new boss Pep Guardiola for this situation and now he risks to remain out of the squad if he doesn’t find a new team before the transfer window shuts down in one week. The club will help him find the best option.
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“He’s strong in the air, he passes between the lines or long balls to the other side for the right winger, so he has absolutely everything to play in that position”.
