Pep: Ederson, Ortega will both stay at City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said goalkeepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega volition some enactment astatine the nine and downplayed immoderate involvement successful Espanyol's "extraordinary" Joan García.

Ederson had an connection to determination to the Saudi Pro League past twelvemonth and there was a feeling that involvement could instrumentality this summertime as helium moves into the last 12 months of his contract.

Backup goalkeeper Ortega is besides retired of declaration successful 2026, but Guardiola appears to beryllium blessed to proceed with some going into adjacent season.

"We person spoken astir the concern regarding squad readying and the 2 goalkeepers we person volition continue," Guardiola told reporters astatine a play lawsuit successful Catalonia connected Monday.

García, on with FC Porto's Diogo Costa, is 1 of the players City are pursuing in the lawsuit they bash request to motion different goalkeeper astatine immoderate point.

The Espanyol stopper is highly-rated and has a €25 cardinal ($28.6m) merchandise clause, with ESPN revealing past week Barcelona are also keen connected the 24-year-old.

"Joan García is simply a truly bully goalkeeper, but City are linked with 500 players successful each transportation window," Guardiola added.

"He's an Espanyol subordinate and I don't cognize what happen, but I'm told by the Espanyol guys [playing successful the play event] he's an bonzer goalkeeper. The references we person are precise good."

City dropping retired of the contention could pave the mode for Barça to motion García, who has said helium is keeping each his options contempt immoderate reports suggesting helium would not permission Espanyol for their cross-city rivals.

Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Bournemouth are among the different Premier League teams to person been credited with an involvement successful the in-demand García.

Barça ended past play with 3 goalkeepers successful Wojciech Szczęsny, Marc-André ter Stegen and Iñaki Peña.

Peña volition perceive to offers to permission this summertime arsenic helium searches for archetypal squad football, portion Szczęsny, who came retired of status erstwhile Ter Stegen got injured past September, has been offered a declaration hold to widen his enactment astatine Spotify Camp Nou.

Ter Stegen, meanwhile, has a woody until 2028 and says helium has nary plans to permission contempt the club's involvement successful García.

"The rumours don't interest maine due to the fact that I cognize I volition beryllium astatine Barcelona adjacent season," helium told reporters from Germany's grooming campy up of the UEFA Nations League last 4 this week.