Manchester –
Reserve bench Manchester City inhabited by young players against Newcastle United last weekend. Manager Pep Guardiola there is no problem with this condition, even though indirectly he seems to hope that there will be new ammunition in the rest of the transfer market.
In that match, Man City won 1-0 thanks to a single goal from Julian Alvarez. But throughout the match, The Citizens played with 11 people without substitutions. But seeing their bench, it is understandable.
Of the nine players, only Nathan Ake can be said to be trusted quite often Pep Guardiola. Stefan Ortega is indeed the back-up goalkeeper, while Kalvin Phillips has not made it into the main team since being recruited last year.
The remaining six are players under the age of 23 who were recruited young from other clubs or dropped out of the academy Man City. They are Cole Palmer, Sergio Gomez, Maximo Perrone, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis and James McAtee.
“In these 1-2 months, the club has had to make some important decisions regarding the squad because we don’t think Kevin (De Bruyne) will be injured or Riyad (Mahrez) will move to another club,” Guardiola said, quoted by the club’s official website.
“Now here we are. There were a lot of young players on the bench against Newcastle. The difference there. We are few in number but those who want to be here, let’s try to do it.”
“We’ve won one title (European Super Cup), we got six perfect points, scored some goals and didn’t give many chances against Burnley or Newcastle,” he explained. Pep Guardiola.
Man City currently has not stopped chasing players in the transfer market. Jeremy Doku (Rennes) is one of the players who is reported to be joining soon.
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