He is cup-tied and therefore ineligible for Wednesday night’s EFL Cup match against four time winners and current holders, Manchester City. The City captain will make his first competitive appearance under manager Pep Guardiola after being sidelined for the past four months with a thigh injury.
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Although Pep Guardiola will use a number of youngsters for the midweek clash in a bid to rest his first-team players, the Catalan took all the available members of his squad down to Wales on Tuesday evening.
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“I was satisfied from the first day [that Kompany is over his problems]”, he told a news conference. In a lot of games we need him, and I’m so happy.
It is around an hour’s drive from Swansea, and Guardiola is keen for his players to be as comfortable as possible ahead of a testing run of fixtures which includes trips to Celtic and Tottenham in the next 10 days.
City have made a stunning start to life under Guardiola, winning eight straight games to establish themselves as red hot favourites to win back the title. “Now, today, he’s travelling with us and we are going to decide whether he’ll have his chance to play tomorrow”.
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Guardiola said: “It’s not just Brahim. We will follow them and if they are ready, we will be ready to count on them and then in the future they can help us”.
