Manchester City star given green light to leave as Pep Guardiola opens up on the pair’s future

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spoken about the futures of two of his key players as rumors continue to swirl about their futures at the club. City are currently on a pre-season tour of the USA where they have games against Barcelona and Chelsea before returning to face rivals Manchester United in the FA Community Shield. As Guardiola and company look to create a fifth consecutive Premier League title, the club have been relatively quiet so far in the transfer window, with Brazilian winger Savinho their only arrival so far, while youngsters Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Sergio Gomez and Tommy Doyle have left the club. VIDEO: Riccardo Calafiori is the FINAL piece of Mikel Arteta's JigsawBut with two key first-team players the subject of speculation linking them with moves, the make-up of the current window could change quickly.Manchester City captain Kevin De Bruyne turned 33 last month and is now in the final year of his City contract after nine trophy-laden seasons with the club, but amid speculation linking him with a move to Saudi Arabia , Guardiola admitted that the ball was in play. the Belgian's court when it comes to his future."The club has informed me that they do not have an offer," Guardiola told a news conference. "I don't know what will happen, but I want him to stay.The best features, fun and football quizzes straight to your inbox every week.Kevin De Bruyne (Image credit: Getty Images)“He was here before I arrived. He is the oldest (longest serving) player here. It happened with David (Silva) for example and with other players, he deserves to decide his own future."What he has done for us is enormous, so he can decide. The information I have now is that it will stay.”Despite suffering a hamstring injury that ruled him out for the first half of the campaign, De Bruyne was a key contributor during the match, finishing the season with four goals and 10 assists in 18 Premier League appearances.Julian Alvarez celebrates after scoring for Manchester City (Image credit: Getty Images)Another key part of Guardiola's squad has been Argentina forward Julian Alvarez, who is currently on Olympic duty but has been linked with Atletico Madrid in recent weeks and discussed his situation on Monday."There's a lot of talk," Alvarez said. "I'm focused here (at the Olympics) because it's a short tournament. At Manchester City I feel very good, I played a lot of minutes."But we'll see after the Games. First of all, if I can, I'll take a few days off. Then we'll decide. Maybe it's annoying to be in the big games, the players always want to help on the pitch. But my season has been good , so I'm very happy."Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola poses with the Premier League trophy, 2024 (Image credit: Alamy)Guardiola was well aware of those comments when asked whether or not City would look to replace the 24-year-old if he were to leave."I'm not thinking about replacement," was his blunt reply. “I knew he said he would think about it.“Once he has finished thinking, his agent will call Txiki (Begiristain) and we will see what happens. I know he wants to play in the big moments, but so do the other players (want that)."We have 18 or 19 players who want to play in the big games. I read that he has to think about it, so think about it and then he will let us know what he wants to do."More Manchester City storiesManchester City to rent The England international is leaving this summer: report"Possibility of Pep Guardiola's final season and Premier League breaches could affect Manchester City": The former City star discusses the impact of off-field controversiesManchester City will sell a 22-year-old for 25 million euros - despite not playing a single first-team game for the club: report window.reliableConsentGiven.then(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)} ;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n; n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '230404523817416'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); })

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