PEP GUARDIOLA has reignited his war of words with Gary Neville by telling the pundit he will have a full bench against Leicester.
The City boss came under-fire from the former Manchester United defender after only picking 17 in his squad for the game at Burnley last week.
But John Stones (knee) and Phil Foden (ankle) have returned to training this week and are back in contention.
David Silva, Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Fabian Delph are all absent – but Pep has enough players this time.
He said: “We’ll be 18 tomorrow – the bench will be full.
“Gary Neville can be happy. I am happy.”
City could be boosted by the return of Leroy Sane from an ankle injury in the next couple of week – after he was initially ruled out for six to seven weeks.
Pep said: “He’s much better. He was out running on Thursday.”
AYM-EN Aymeric Laporte’s £57million move to Man City saves former eighth tier French side from liquidation
Meanwhile, Guardiola hopes Riyad Mahrez plays against Manchester City tomorrow after returning to training with Leicester.
The Algerian went AWOL after his move to the Etihad fell through on transfer deadline day last week.
Latest Manchester City news
But he was back with his Foxes team-mates on Friday morning – and travelled north with them to Manchester.
Guardiola said: “Hopefully he will play, i want him to come back soon and play, we enjoy watching him.
“I hope he’ll come back soon with Leicester and play at his level.”
Leave a comment