City
have
reportedly
agreed
an
£11million
(€13m)
deal
to
sign
the
21-year-old
Anderlecht
player,
having
missed
out
on
Marc
Cucurella
to
Chelsea
earlier
this
month.
Guardiola
has
been
chasing
another
left-back
to
compete
with
Joao
Cancelo
since
Oleksandr
Zinchenko
departed
for
Arsenal,
with
Atletico
Madrid’s
Renan
Lodi
and
Wolves’ Rayan
Ait-Nouri
also
touted
as
potential
targets.
Although
some
have
suggested
Gomez
represents
a
development
project,
with
a
loan
move
to
Girona
mooted,
Guardiola
is
confident
in
his
ability
to
contribute
immediately.
“You
know
the
club
is
always
working
on
many
possibilities
and
chances
in
all
positions,
and
this
one
target
is
a
young
player,”
Guardiola
said
ahead
of
City’s
Premier
League
fixture
against
Bournemouth
on
Saturday.
“In
the
[2017
Under-17]
World
Cup
years
ago,
the
best
player
was
Phil
Foden,
and
he
was
the
second-best
player
in
this
tournament,
then
he
played
for
Spain’s
under-21s.
“He
was
a
young
talented
player
from
the
academy
in
Barcelona,
he
went
to
[Borussia]
Dortmund
and
didn’t
get
many
minutes,
and
the
last
year
he
played
in
the
good
hands
of
Vincent
Kompany
at
Anderlecht
and
played
really
well.
“We
targeted
him
and
could
bring
him
here.”
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hard!
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Manchester
City
(@ManCity)
August
10,
2022
Asked
whether
Gomez
was
one
for
the
future,
Guardiola
responded:
“No,
for
now,
he’s
going
to
stay
with
us
and
will
be
alongside
Joao,
for
left-back.”
Full-backs
have
a
vital
role
in
Guardiola’s
team,
with
the
ability
of
Cancelo
to
drift
into
the
middle
of
the
midfield
seen
as
key.
Playing
in
this
way,
Cancelo
laid
on
seven
Premier
League
assists
in
2021-22
–
a
tally
only
beaten
by
Gabriel
Jesus
and
Kevin
De
Bruyne
(both
eight)
among
City
players
–
and
created
36
chances
from
open
play.
He
also
topped
the
club’s
charts
for
passes
ending
in
the
final
third
(1,112
–
over
300
more
than
second-placed
Bernardo
Silva’s
769)
.
Cancelo
and
Kyle
Walker
each
impressed
as
City
enjoyed
over
75
per
cent
of
the
possession
in
a
routine
win
at
West
Ham
last
Sunday,
and
Guardiola
highlighted
the
way
his
full-backs
must
adapt
against
different
opponents.
“It’s
not
the
first
time
I’ve
done
it;
for
many
years,
I’ve
done
it,”
he
added.
“Last
season,
with
a
proper
striker
with
Gabriel
or
Raz
[Raheem
Sterling]
playing
that,
or
with
a
false
nine,
we
played
it,
too.
“And
in
many
games,
we
didn’t
play
it,
and
many
games
this
season
we
are
not
going
to
play.
It
depends
on
the
qualities
of
opponents,
especially
the
shape
of
how
they
defend.
“The
way
we
attack
depends
on
how
they
defend.
It’s
different
to
attack
a
four
or
five
at
the
back,
to
see
how
the
wingers
behave,
to
defend
narrow
or
wide
–
this
affects
your
attack.
“You
have
to
adapt.
Since,
I
would
say,
at
Bayern
Munich,
especially
in
the
second
season,
I
always
used
it
many,
many
times.”
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