Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola has confirmed that the reigning Premier League Champions have agreed on a take care of Anderlecht to signal Spanish defender Sergio Gomez.
After Oleksandr Zinchenko left the membership to affix Arsenal, City started their new marketing campaign with Joao Cancelo as the one left-back within the staff.
Gomez has performed 30 occasions for Anderlecht since becoming a member of the Belgian facet in June 2021. He has additionally represented Spain on the youth degree, together with the U-17 World Cup in 2017.
British media are reporting that City and Anderlecht had agreed on a deal price an preliminary 11 million kilos ($13.33 million) for Gomez.
Guardiola on Friday, as quoted by Reuters, confirmed that the Spanish left-back will compete for a spot within the first staff after impressing beneath Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht final season.
“He’s a talented young player from the Barcelona academy, went to Borussia Dortmund but didn’t have many minutes and in the last year was given a chance by Kompany.”
“He played well, we targeted him to bring him here,” mentioned Guardiola.
The Manchester City boss hailed Gomez as an distinctive participant.
“He’s an exceptional player. He’s going to stay with us, alongside Joao,” mentioned Guardiola.
Guardiola additionally supplied an damage replace on Kalvin Philips and mentioned that the brand new summer time signing will likely be unavailable for the match on the weekend.
“Kalvin has some niggles and won’t be able (to play),” mentioned Guardiola.
The Manchester City boss additionally mentioned he has a number of respect for his subsequent opponents, Bournemouth, and their boss Scott Parker.
“I have a lot of respect for Scott Parker, the patterns are so clear. They make quite a good press, they are progressive… Like all teams in the Championship, they have good set pieces.”
“It’s so tricky (to face promoted teams early). The first few games they are so dangerous. They don’t feel the pressure, they still feel good from the previous season, they have nothing to lose,” mentioned Guardiola.
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