Serial award-winning Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was his inimitable straightforward self as he hailed his Brazil star but candidly admitted he does absolutely no idea what the future holds for the Brazilian star at the Etihad come end of the season.<\/p>\n
Guardiola enthusiastically hailed Jesus for the brilliant four-goal salvo that again catapulted Manchester City to a four-point Premier League lead by invoking a comparison of him to Barcelona great Hristo Stoichkov. Not only had Jesus notched 4 goals breathtakingly for the Sky Blues but the Manchester City forward also added an assist to Rodri in the 5-1 win over Watford that plied the pressure back on Liverpool ahead of their Merseyside derby against Everton tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The Blues boss didn\u2019t let any cats out of the proverbial bag as he refused to speak about Jesus\u2019 future at the Etihad after talk had emerged earlier that the player will leave the club this summer after failing to nail down a regular place in the starting XI. However he did not hold back in lauding his player for his quality and said that his man of the match display was universally acclaimed in the dressing room and among the backroom staff.<\/p>\n
“I said before, if there is one person in world football that deserves nights like Gabriel had, then it is him,” he said. “We are delighted for him and he helped us a lot. He helped us to win this game. Of course, the assist from Oleks [Zinchenko] and the assist from Kevin [De Bruyne] are brilliant, but he has to be there.”<\/p>\n
But when it came to speculating on Jesus\u2019 future, Guardiola said with refreshing candor:<\/p>\n
“I want to tell you something; Gabriel [Jesus] is our player. I don’t know what is going to happen, but he is a Man City player. When he has days like today, I am the happiest man in the world!<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery player is happy when they play 90 minutes all the time but at the end of the season whether he wants to extend, stay or leave, I don\u2019t know or don\u2019t care. We have less than one month. My only concern is the players will do everything to try and win, after that no one knows what will happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf one person in the world deserves nights like this, it\u2019s him. There is no one on the backroom staff or who knows him that isn\u2019t happy for him. When you are so positive and generous as he is in every way, life and football can reward you.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he has situations like this we\u2019re happy for him because he\u2019s so generous. It doesn\u2019t matter what position he\u2019s in, we know how he fights for his mates. He\u2019s fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n
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