So far so good for Pep Guardiola and his Man City side in the Premier League and Champions League.
With six games played domestically, the reigning champions sit just a point behind Liverpool in the English top-light, and haven’t conceded a goal in their two European games so far.
Knowing Guardiola, he still won’t be satisfied, and he’ll undoubtedly be eyeing the fixture list with a little trepidation given that one of his best players, Rodri, is reportedly going to be out for a long time.
Pep Guardiola won’t be happy with one Man City ace
A potential replacement for the midfielder has been revealed, though City already have a player that could do a job until the end of the 2024/25 campaign.
Someone that Guardiola himself once called “one of the best players in the world” according to MARCA.
Matheus Nunes has generally been considered as a rotation option to this point, and though transfermarkt note that he’s made 20 Premier League appearances in the last two seasons, it’s only been for a total of 674 minutes.
A perfect opportunity has presented itself for Nunes to show his importance to Guardiola and his team-mates, however, it looks like he’s blown it.
El Mundo have run a story which details that the player got himself arrested in Madrid earlier this month for stealing a mobile phone at a nightclub in Madrid.
Although he’s apparently been released, it isn’t clear what will happen next in a legal context.
From a playing perspective there’s surely little chance that Guardiola will turn to him now, even if it’s a temporary measure.
It wouldn’t even be a surprise to see Nunes overlooked until such time as the club can sell him, with a view to looking at other alternatives on the market that would be available from January.
