Whispers had gone around that Manchester City\u2019s number one golakeeper Ederson had previously been linked with a move away from the Club this summer but boss Pep Guardiola was quick, and most relieved, to confirm that the Brazilian will start in Saturday\u2019s Community Shield final against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile,\u00a0Ortega Moreno had agreed to a contract extension\u00a0this summer after an impressive end to his 2023\/24 campaign, committing his future to City until 2026.<\/p>\n
Guardiola is extremely pleased that both these two incredible options are remaining to be at his disposal between the sticks.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s a huge relief that Eddie [Ederson] and Stefan [Ortega Moreno] stay.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t understand this unbelievable process we\u2019ve lived these many, many years without Ederson, it\u2019s impossible.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis charisma, his consistency and to replace the keeper always is tricky with the way we play and many things.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I\u2019m really pleased he\u2019s staying and, of course Stefan. congratulations he deserves the contract, not for the save against Spurs but for the [whole] two years, how good he\u2019s been in the cup competitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow they play for one position\u2026 both of them are going to play a lot of minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The City boss also touched on City\u2019s attacking options ahead of their 2024\/25 curtain-raiser and how the team should be adapting when Erling Haaland\u00a0is rested.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard heaped praised the Norwegian for the way he\u2019s been able to maintain his conditioning consistently across the past two seasons, having recovered from a slight twitch in their pre-season friendly against Barcelona to score a hat-trick against Chelsea.<\/p>\n
While Pep is confident that City have everything at theirr disposal to continue firing on all cylinders should Haaland be unavailable, he also hinted that decisions on further recruits could be made later in the transfer window.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, we have alternatives. We will see if we need someone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have really good players who can play there. Of course, if Erling [Haaland] doesn\u2019t play his particular skills we don\u2019t have this replacement but we have alternatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will see until the end of the market if we really need a striker just in case [we need a] backup for Erling.<\/p>\n
\u201cErling is not going to play all the schedule we have ahead of us. With all the games he won\u2019t be able to play all of them. We have to think about it if we have another solution.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast season was just a bone in the foot. That\u2019s why he wasn\u2019t usual. Muscular, some niggles but we handled it really well since he arrived.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t remember maybe a real muscular injury or issues but of course a lot of games every three four days and I\u2019ve said many times he\u2019s massive.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo recover, for Phil Foden it\u2019s much quicker, for him for his body we take care of him differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened in the States, he made one week here before he travelled on the tour of the United States of America.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has some niggles and last game against Chelsea he felt better and we are going to take care of him like the other ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
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