has instructed that, until he “guarantees” he can not play, he has to begin ’s “last” towards on Wednesday and spare them from the embarrassment of an early exit.
England worldwide Stones has not begun a recreation since December’s defeat to Aston Villa however Guardiola is counting on him to rescue Metropolis’s European marketing campaign.
He held Stones again in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Chelsea, utilizing the 30-year-old as a second-half substitute and admitting that he , who was at fault for Noni Madueke’s third-minute opener.
However Khusanov and on Wednesday whereas and stay injured, leaving Guardiola relying on Stones and telling him that, if he’s not match, he should “invent” a left-back so can transfer into the center of the defence.
Stones has needed to come off at half-time in his final two begins and has not accomplished a recreation since October.
However Guardiola stated: “Pay attention, he has to play – until he says to me that he guarantees he can not play. And after that, Josko will probably be central defender and I’ll invent and consider who performs full again.”
Stones has usually been damage inclined, leaving Guardiola cautious about his health. He defined: “John all the time had these sort of conditions, besides the 12 months of the treble when he was extremely dependable.
“Hopefully now this time he has recovered higher. We gave him extra time. 45 minutes towards Tottenham, 45 minutes towards Aston Villa and he’s out. He performed actually good on this 40 minutes [against Chelsea] and has to take the time for Wednesday, to offer time for Ruben and Nathan to come back again.”
Guardiola sympathised with the 20-year-old Uzbekistan worldwide Khusanov after his nightmare begin.
“The issues proceed,” he added. “Khusanov shouldn’t have performed, it ought to take time to do it. It’s not simple, Chelsea within the Premier League and he’s come from one other nation, not speaking a lot together with his teammates and arrived with no coaching periods on what we need to do or the method now we have. Think about all of us residing what occurred to Khusanov? It could be, ‘Oh, God’. However the state of affairs is that Ruben and Nathan will not be there and we’re fortunate that Manu [Akanji] stayed [fit]. John might help us for our last on Wednesday.”
Guardiola additionally confirmed that will miss the Brugge recreation as he waits to see if the Belgium winger will probably be match for subsequent week’s journey to Arsenal.
He added: “He gained’t be prepared for Wednesday however Arsenal… we’ll see.”
