Man City Transfers: 6 Players Guardiola Needs To Get Rid Of

Does Ilkay Gundogan’s arrival spell the end for Fernando? He has been assured of his position at the club by Guardiola, but one must feel that the end is nigh for someone with such limited ability as the former Porto man. He’s had limited success since signing on the dotted line at Eastlands two years ago, flirting with the idea of nailing down a first-team berth without ever really doing so.

An industrious player, there is nothing to the Brazilian’s game that would catch the eye of a manager like Guardiola. One would suspect that if Fernando manages to survive the cull this summer, it will merely just be a stay of execution as the former Barcelona boss weighs up moves for the likes of Jack Wilshere and Toni Kroos.

Not only does his pathway to the first team appear to be barricaded by the likes of Gundogan, Fabian Delph and Fernandinho, but there are even rumours that Guardiola might convert him into a makeshift centre-half in case of emergencies. After his horror show against PSG in the Champions League this season, where he sprayed the ball across goal into the gleeful Zlatan Ibrahimovic's path, perhaps it would be safer to not only keep him as far away from the goal as possible, but indeed Manchester?