victory at Molineux,<\/a> where goalkeeper Ederson and midfielder Savinho were absent amid doubts over their long-term futures. The City manager said the club\u2019s hierarchy must \u201cfind a solution\u201d before the transfer window closes next month.<\/p>\nThe injured City pair Rodri and Phil Foden were in the stands, while Guardiola also cited Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol, who are both nearing returns to match fitness. Ederson has been linked with a move to Galatasaray while Savinho is of interest to Tottenham. Rico Lewis, who is wanted by Nottingham Forest, started at full-back in a sign he could stay at City.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was happy with his squad after the victory at Wolves, Guardiola replied: \u201cToo many people. It\u2019s not about Eddy [Ederson], today [there] was [no] Rodri, Phil, Kovacic, Savinho and Josko. On the bench we had Nathan [Ak\u00e9] and G\u00fcndo [Ilkay G\u00fcndogan]. I like a deep squad to compete in all competitions but I don\u2019t want to leave players at home. It\u2019s not healthy. You cannot create a good vibe or atmosphere to compete.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club has known [about] it since last season but the situation is what it is. In the next two weeks, people will talk with players and agents to find a solution. We have to reduce the squad because it will be difficult to sustain the vibe of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
A tifo is unfurled as a minute\u2019s applause is observed in memory of Diogo Jota before Wolves faced Manchester City. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Wolves paid tribute to Diogo Jota in their first competitive game since the death of their former player and his brother, Andr\u00e9 Silva. \u201cJota and his brother are in our minds and were in our hearts before, during and after the game,\u201d said the Wolves head coach, their Portuguese compatriot V\u00edtor Pereira. \u201cThey are still with us and we tried to do our best to honour them as players, people, because of their families. We will keep him in our hearts for the future and he will be with us for ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jota\u2019s parents and his wife, Rute Cardoso, were in attendance, along with his former teammate R\u00faben Neves and Portugal\u2019s manager, Roberto Martinez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola said he was delighted with his new signings\u2019 immediate impact in Manchester City\u2019s 4-0 rout of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-350210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115040873550963922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}