Pep Guardiola has a Man City 'luxury' in being able to substitute key players without a significant dip in quality.
27.03.2023 - 12:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Highly-rated RB Leipzig centre-back Josko Gvardiol has admitted that he recently had a conversation with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola - but has warned that he does not expect to leave the German club this forthcoming this summer.
The Croatian international, who only turned 21 in January, is considered as one of the most promising centre-backs in world football after putting together a string of eye-catching performances this season. As well as excelling for Leipzig this season, making 32 appearances in all competitions, he also starred at the World Cup in Qatar, helping Croatia reach the semi-finals for the second tournament in succession.
He played every minute of their World Cup campaign, starting all seven of their matches, as they finished a respectable third. He scored the opening goal in their 2-1 win over Morocco in the third-fourth place play-off.
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Gvardiol, who is left-footed, is being linked with a plethora of clubs ahead of the summer transfer window, including City, but it is a certainty that he will command an astronomical fee, such is the level of excitement surrounding his future. Nevertheless, the Croatian insists Leipzig have no intentions of letting him go.
"The club is not interested in selling me this summer," Gvardiol told Net HR. "So there is no point in talking about anything else. The most important thing is to end this season in Leipzig in the best possible way."
Gvardiol started both legs of Leipzig's recent Champions League last-16 showdown with City and scored in the first leg that ended 1-1 in Germany. The Blues, of course, made light work of the second meeting between the two clubs, winning 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium, inspired
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