P. Guardiola: 'Savinho is a very good player for Manchester City'

2025-09-29 12:00 © zumapress.com

Manchester City club's head coach Pep Guardiola revealed that the "Citizens" will soon extend their contract with Savinho and disclosed why Rodri did not play:

We were very clear that in the summer we wanted to keep the Brazilian... Perhaps the offer was not good enough for this club.

But he is quite young, last season the fullback played a lot, he can play on both sides. His speed is incredible and Savio is a very good player.

Rodri felt pain in his knee, which is why the Spaniard did not play.

During the last training session, the fullback told me: I can't play. I feel a lot of pain in my knee and because of that, I won't be able to play...

And I said: you can't play? You won't play, someone else will take your place... This is the same knee that he injured before.

21-year-old Savinho has been playing for Manchester City since last season and has scored 4 goals in 53 games.

The Brazilian will extend his contract with this team until the summer of 2031.

Last summer, he was strongly linked with London’s Tottenham club.