Hart: City future unlikely

England goalkeeper Joe Hart has spoken for the first time about his sudden departure from Manchester City and why his future is likely to be away from the Etihad. Here, he speaks with Sky Sports’ Johnny Phillips about his time in Italy, and opens up about his departure from City…

Joe Hart is currently enjoying a loan spell at Torino in Serie A, where he has been one of the Italian club’s star players in their unlikely bid for European qualification.

Hart is realistic about his chances of playing again for Manchester City again and knows that, as long as Pep Guardiola is manager, he must look for another challenge.

At 29, Hart is entitled to believe he has many more years left at the top and he has come to terms with the fact that after a decade in Manchester the time has come to look elsewhere.

“This is the second time I’ve gone out on a season-long loan,” he told Soccer Saturday. “I’ve not been sent here to see how I do or see if I improve. I’ve been sent out because I wasn’t wanted.

“I’m not here to prove what I can do, I’m here because I need to look elsewhere and I didn’t have a chance to sort anything permanently. The way I look at it, I want to do as well as I can for Torino and if somebody comes in for me I don’t think Manchester City are going to stand in my way.”

It was a frank conversation with Guardiola back in the summer, on Hart’s return from Euro 2016, that led to the goalkeeper’s departure.

“I came in after the other players because of the Euros, and when we first had a conversation he said he had his reservations about me,” Hart explains. “I shook his hand, I said it was professionally honest, but not what I wanted to hear.

“I said I wanted to work for him and see what happens but I got the impression that it wasn’t really going anywhere. I …

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