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Joe Hart Won’t Be the Last to Be Ditched by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City
- Updated: August 16, 2016
No matter how many times Joe Hart high-fived Willy Caballero before, during and after Manchester City’s Premier League opener on Saturday, the pain of being benched was plain to see. As England’s No. 1 goalkeeper and the assumed first choice at the Etihad Stadium for the past five years, it surely hit the 29-year-old hard.
Although the dropping of Hart from City’s starting lineup had been anticipated ever since Pep Guardiola’s arrival at the club this summer, speculation that the new boss is looking for a replacement in the transfer market persists, with Barcelona’s Claudio Bravo the latest to be linked—as per Rob Pollard of the Manchester Evening News.
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Hart won’t be the last Manchester City player to be unceremoniously dumped by Guardiola, though. The Catalan has found a bloated squad at the Etihad Stadium and will now ruthlessly mould it in the shape of his own coaching ideology and character. More will be cut.
Indeed, Guardiola is a ruthless operator. He might be something of a footballing philosopher, primarily coaching his players through education rather than motivation, but he has little tolerance for sentiment or second chances. A poor first impression could be enough to push a player out the back door.
At both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola made a number of high-profile and controversial calls on players, regardless of how successful or established they were. Take Samuel Eto’o, for instance. The Cameroonian was considered one of Europe’s best strikers, yet he only played a bit-part role in Guardiola’s first season in charge at Camp Nou. He was sold the following summer, despite scoring in a Champions League final for the Catalans.
Deco and Ronaldinho also experienced Guardiola’s merciless edge upon his appointment as Barcelona boss, with both players sent out on loan almost as soon as the new manager had got his feet under the desk. Ronaldinho had been crowned the best player in the world just …
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