Manchester City’s summer pursuit of Harry Kane is well documented, as Pep Guardiola identified the Tottenham talisman as his preferred striking target and sought to acquire his services for the best part of three months. City began the season with Gabriel Jesus as their only recognised centre-forward, and Guardiola prefers to play the Brazilian on the wing.
Joe Hart opens up on Pep Guardiola conversation that ended Man City career
28.03.2022 - 15:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Joe Hart has revealed how he tried to convince Pep Guardiola that he deserved a chance to prove he could remain at Manchester City after being told he didn't feature in the new manager's plans.
Hart's City career was ended when Guardiola joined the club in the summer of 2016, with the Catalan prioritising a goalkeeper more comfortable with the ball at his feet. Guardiola signed Claudio Bravo to initially replace Hart, before bringing in current No. 1 Ederson in the summer of 2017.
Hart revealed he felt the writing could be on the wall for him at the Etihad when Guardiola's appointment was confirmed in February 2016 and then returned to pre-season early after that summer's European Championship to discuss his future with the club's new manager.
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Speaking on the latest episode of the In the Stiffs podcast, to be released in full on Tuesday, Hart has revealed details of that conversation and how he tried to change Guardiola's opinion.
“I just felt it coming, the Euros didn’t go great for me, I had a very poor Euros that year. I got myself back in as soon as I could and I knew I was going to put it on his toes as to what was going on," Hart said.
“It was in China, I flew out early, I wanted to get in the door and have this conversation. He was very knowledgeable on my background, very knowledgeable on what we did, how I played football, it was a two-hour conversation that kind of ended with him saying ‘I can’t see this working’.
“I said ‘I thought that might be the idea, I don’t agree with you’. He said ‘I’ll be the first person to be proved wrong but what I see in you isn’t what I want from my goalkeeper’.
“I was like
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