Pep Guardiola has stated he will not consider dropping Erling Haaland and adopting a false No 9 as Manchester City attempt to turn their form around against Aston Villa
Pep Guardiola says that he has to adapt Manchester City’s style to accommodate a player of Erling Haaland’s quality.Pep Guardiola says that he has to adapt Manchester City’s style to accommodate a player of Erling Haaland’s quality.Pep Guardiola has said he will not consider dropping Erling Haaland and adopting a false No 9 in an attempt to find a formula to arrest Manchester City’s run of eight defeats in 11 matches.
“No, no, I didn’t think about that,” said Guardiola. “Always I play false 9s for the quality – specifically the players in that moment. In some games, for example, playing against man-to-man, against teams man-to-man: I love to play a false 9. But to have an Erling, I have to adapt.”in early August with the Argentina forward not replaced in Guardiola’s squad, and this despite the club making a £139m profit on player sales for last season, only £30.
Guardiola was asked if the 130 charges for alleged breaches of financial rules that have been brought against City by the Premier League might make players reluctant to join them, especially with a verdict and potential sentence – the club deny any wrongdoing – unknown. “I don’t know,” said Guardiola. “It’s going to happen in winter time. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I know the people are expecting that but I don’t know. In February, March, will be the sentence.
Meanwhile, City will be without Rúben Dias for a lengthy spell because of a muscle problem suffered by the centre-back in. “He will be out for three to four weeks,” said Guardiola. “Against United he felt something, but he’s so strong and he wanted to stay on the pitch. Now he’s injured.”Ederson is also a doubt for the trip to Villa. “Eddie has been struggling with some niggles in his leg and now he doesn’t feel completely fine,” said Guardiola.
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