It may not be possible for Kevin de Bruin to stay in Manchester City

Pep Guardiola admitted that it would be « almost impossible » to replace Kevin de Brune, but said it could not be possible for the Belgian to stay in Manchester City next season.

De Brune played his penultimate game in an urban shirt at Etihad Stadium tonight and scored the only goal To give Guardiola the side of wolves, who moved them to third place in the table and intensified their demand for a place in the Champions League.

The Belgian was declared a man of the match and again seemed to be many in the tank, despite The decision of the city not to offer him a new contract, a lot of horror to the player.

De Bruin should go – Guardiola

Asked if there was any chance that he would stay beyond the end of the season, Guardiola told Sky Sports: “I want the best for Kevin, but that cannot be possible.

« We have done this for many, many years with him. He is an amazing player, but the situation is what he is. »

Asked how he would try to replace someone who has been so important to the many successes in the city in recent years, Guardiola added: « It is almost impossible to replace this type of player, not just the performances, but what he has in mind for the hearts of our fans.

« The success we had belongs to specific players and he is one of them.

« His contribution to the game against Crystal Palace when we were 2-0 and he delivers the goal today. I am happy that he ends this way and we have another game in Etihad. »

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The victory sees City Lipfrog Newcastle and the top of the top five are now in their own hands.

« In terms of reaching there (Champions League places), the result was good, » Guardiola said. « Focus on the next nine points and if we make the nine, then we’ll be there. »

Wolves press the city all the way

However, this was far from the convenient evening, with the shape wolves in the form caused by the hosts several problems with both Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha, hitting the carpentry windows.

It was the first defeat in eight games for the men of Vitor Pereira and Guardiola was impressed.

He said, « They are an exceptional team. The form, the quality they play, the physics, the tempo, a truly incredible team.

« We fought, we suffered a lot of the chances they had. We had happiness as in some way that we weren’t this season. We were better after the goal and did the simple things well. The result is massively important. »

Proud

Pereira had no problems with his team display.

« After all, it’s football, » he told the defeat. « I am very proud of my team. I said we can lose a game, but we cannot lose our identity, our courage, our ambition, our commitment and our team spirit.

« Today we showed all this in our team. We just missed the result. »