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Pep Guardiola drops Kyle Walker U-turn hint after Man City star’s transfer plea

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Pep Guardiola hasn’t ruled out recalling want-away skipper Kyle Walker for Tuesday’s clash with Brentford.

The Manchester City boss revealed after Saturday’s 8-0 FA Cup romp against Salford that England right-back Walker had asked for a move. With interest from Italy and Saudi Arabia, he could end up moving in the January transfer window.

City will only let him go if the price is right given the 34 year-old is still under contract until next summer. Guardiola said there was “no news” when asked on Monday if there was any update.

On whether Walker would return to the squad for the Premier League clash in London, he added: “We’ll decide after training. I said what I said and I’m not going to add anything else. I don’t have anything else and Brentford is on my mind.”

Although City have reportedly agreed a £33.5million fee with Lens to sign defender Abdukodir Khusanov, Guardiola refused to comment – “the club didn’t announce anything” – and he remained reticent on any other potential business.

The Spaniard said: “I don’t know. What I expect from the beginning of the season, Rodri to return is impossible but everyone else is coming back. We would not have gone to the window but we have had a lot of problems and still have and that is why the club is thinking about what we want to do in this window and maybe the summer.”

City are starting to emerge out of their alarming slump having now won three games on the bounce. On whether they’ve made progress over that spell, Guardiola admitted: “Of course, we won three games. Before, it was impossible to win one. That helped us but the reality is we won the last game from the difference with League Two.

“We did it quite well but we have to wait to see. The mood is better but we have an enormous, difficult game to see. They are a fantastic team who always cause a lot of problems.”

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Brentford sit 11th but only Liverpool have a better home record than Thomas Frank’s side this season. They have picked up seven wins and only lost twice at Gtech Community Stadium.

On the secret to their success there, Guardiola said: “A long time with Thomas and in set-pieces and high pressing they are so aggressive and compact. The transitions are really dangerous so it’s many years of doing really well in the Premier League. The last year was maybe not the best results at home but the trajectory in recent years was really good.”

There is often speculation that Frank will eventually move on to a bigger club. Guardiola insisted: “Yeah, I have the feeling that he is so happy there, he is comfortable. I have the feeling that sooner or later he will be appointed to a team to fight for higher targets and he will do it really well.”

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