The post-Guardiola landscape has also prompted senior figures in the dressing room to evaluate their positions. Both Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias are reportedly weighing up their optionsa situation that has emerged following the managerial change and individual injury struggles. Dias, a candidate for the captaincy, has seen his close friend Bernardo Silva depart and has struggled for minutes lately, while Gvardiol is recovering from a heavy physical workload that led to a broken leg in January.
City are reluctant to lose their defensive stalwarts but maintain their long-standing policy regarding wantaway stars. Bajkowski says: “City want to keep both players, but as is the case with every player they will listen to offers if anybody wants to leave. It would take pretty hefty sums in the case of either defender wanting out though.”
