7 February 2025

Pep Guardiola admits that Jack Grilliche deserves to play more for Manchester City this season and insists that he does not carry a personal grudging against the England wing.

Despite the investigation season and the long injuries list that included Grealish, the 29 -year -old remained a party to the Premier League with Jeremy Duko and Savinho regularly in the wide midfield holes.

Grealish is likely to play in The fourth round of the FA Cup in Lateon Orient is equivalent to tomorrow With City looking to return from last Sunday, disappointing 5-1 in Arsenal.

In response to a question about the former Aston Villa man, Guardiola said: “I am very sorry because they do not get the minutes that they may deserve, but in the end, Jeremy (Duku) or Savinho's contributions were tremendous this season. This is the only reason behind this; this is not personal. , Or I don't like Jack, or I have no confidence in it.

“The manager sometimes must choose one player in front of the other, not only because you don't like the other player, but because the player can give you at a certain moment of the season, better now. Not more.

“Of course, I make mistakes and may play in other games, or perhaps players should not play, but this is my world, my life, and you have to accept it.”

East “will bring troubles”

Leyton Orient is going well in the first league, and Guardiola does not expect on the afternoon of an easy day on the Brisbane Road.

He added: “Yes, of course (they will bring trouble).

“We have always faced problems in this competition, the FA Cup, or the Carabau Cup, away to the teams in the first league, or even the second league.

“We are always struggling. But we are ready to challenge. Every game is a new opportunity.”

Guardiola is pleased to arrest Gonzales

The deadline is the signature of Niko Gonzalez, who can first appear in City after moving from Porto and Guardiola, he is pleased to be on board.

He said: “It is a position that we were weak after absence from Rodri.

“A young player, 23, can play the sixth number and the eighth number, and more in the pockets. Physical – he is a strong boy.

“I know him from the Barcelona Academy and his father was working here. I am really happy with the club's efforts to bring him here for the coming years.”

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