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domalino said:
In the midst of the CAS victory this interview seems to have been missed.

It's with the 18 year old Brazilian RB we signed for ~£10m in January. Wasn't sure where to put this as he's not a current player but he's also not a transfer target.

Anyway the headline is that the kid says Pep said he'll be in the first team next pre-season and won't get loaned.


All of these are from City Xtra's twitter.​

"I still have a lot of people to meet [at #ManCity] and become friends with. I met Pep, Gabriel Jesus, Éderson, Agüero. I haven't talked to everyone, but they are good people and I was super happy with the way they received me."

"I know I am new, they have great selection players in the squad. I know that I have to be patient, that I have to evolve, adapt in Europe, but I think that in a short time I may be playing, entering games, playing in Cups."

[When asked if there will be space for him in the first team next season]

"At the beginning of negotiations with #ManCity, they wanted to loan me. But it was not what I wanted and so I had a preference for Bayern and Barcelona. Last minute, Pep saw my games, he really liked my style, what I did at the World Cup...

"Then a representative at #ManCity asked why I was going to Barça - he managed to get me to the first team at City and play with Pep, and the opportunity to do the pre-season with Guardiola..."

"I had a conversation with him [Pep], at #ManCity after a training session that I watched. He came to talk, welcomed me, was very happy with my choice. He said that I am a great player, that I am very promising...He said I have to practice my English, be better than Gabriel Jesus' when he arrived. He was really, really happy. Then Fernandinho and Gabriel arrived and we talked. I can't wait to be with them. I was a little nervous."

"Fernandinho was the one I had most contact with. I got to have dinner with him. In February he asked me to go to his house. He's a super charismatic guy, always sends me a message - I didn't expect it and I can already say that he's my friend...He has a lot of experience, he left Paraná early, has a great history and I am very happy that he is welcoming me, to open the doors of his house like this for me."
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So looks like we have another RB next season? These conversations would have been happening mid- to late-January. He's 18 but would take up a foreign slot for UEFA competitions.

I have no idea if this means we'll have 3 next season or Cancelo is planning on leaving.

Anyway here's the obligatory highlights video so people can post Samaras jokes.






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I thought players under 21 didn’t count against a squad's foreign quota.
 
lmhblue1 said:
Gabby said this a little while ago too:

"When I arrived in Manchester, he and his family did so much," said Jesus. "We used to go over to his house and eat with him, because we didn't know the city well enough to find Brazilian food. We are a very Brazilian family, so we needed that.

"We would also chat, and it helped us start to feel at home here. That was very important. I was 19 years old, in another country with a different culture and a different language. I didn't know anything. It would have been difficult if it wasn't for the people helping me.

"Fernando, who is not at City anymore, also helped. But Fernandinho...I consider him to be a kind of godfather figure for me."

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/wer...support-group-at-man/vz1bsp98k6x15h5gj9y2uaqk
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After Dinho retires, we should sign him up to look after our new players from S. America.
 
It will be very interesting to see if he actually get first team chances. Reports suggest Pep has promised him opportunities
 
I rarely get excited by the young players we buy now because we be lucky to see them anytime soon just because as a club we have to win titles and games. If five subs get voted for on Thursday maybe we will see more youth players on the bench and getting the odd five mins.
 
Anyone heard anything about this kid? Is he going to be part of the first team or is he heading out on loan?
 
BlueMoonView said:
Anyone heard anything about this kid? Is he going to be part of the first team or is he heading out on loan?
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He said in an interview a few months ago that he had a preference for Barcelona/ Bayern because we told him that the plan would be to loan him out and he didn't want that. Then Pep intervened and (I think) must have given him assurances of being involved. He did say he knows he'd have to be patient though and wait for his chance.
 
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