Pep: Man City to sign Gomez from Anderlecht

Manchester Metropolis will signal Spanish defender Sergio Gomez from Belgian membership Anderlecht, supervisor Pep Guardiola mentioned on Friday because the Premier League champions look to handle their lack of depth within the left-back place.

After Ukraine worldwide Oleksander Zinchenko moved to Arsenal, Metropolis started their title defence with Joao Cancelo as their solely senior left-back.

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Midfielder-turned-left again Gomez, 21, will compete for a spot within the first crew, Guardiola informed his Friday information convention, after impressing at Anderlecht underneath former Metropolis captain Vincent Kompany final season.

“He is a proficient younger participant from the Barcelona academy, went to Borussia Dortmund however did not have many minutes and within the final 12 months was given an opportunity by Kompany,” Guardiola mentioned. “He performed effectively, we focused him to deliver him right here.”

Gomez performed 30 instances for Anderlecht since becoming a member of them in June 2021. He has additionally represented Spain at youth stage, together with on the Beneath-17 World Cup in 2017 the place they misplaced to England within the remaining.

British media reported Metropolis and Anderlecht had agreed a deal value an preliminary £11 million ($13.33m) for Gomez.

“He is an distinctive participant,” Guardiola added. “He is going to stick with us, alongside Joao.”

Guardiola mentioned new signing Kalvin Phillips, who made his Premier League debut instead in final week’s win over West Ham, is not going to function in Saturday’s dwelling recreation towards Bournemouth because of harm.

“Kalvin has some niggles and will not have the option [to play],” Guardiola mentioned, including that younger midfielder Cole Palmer can be a doubt after struggling a knock on his foot.

Newly promoted Bournemouth started their season with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa and Guardiola heaped reward on Scott Parker’s facet, who secured a Premier League spot after ending as runners-up within the second-tier Championship.

“I’ve a variety of respect for Scott Parker, the patterns are so clear,” Guardiola mentioned. “They make fairly an excellent press, they’re progressive… Like all groups within the Championship, they’ve good set items.

“It is so tough [to face promoted teams early]. The primary few video games they’re so harmful. They do not really feel the strain, they nonetheless really feel good from the earlier season, they don’t have anything to lose.”

Supply: espn.co.uk