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Joe Hart reveals Guardiola conversation that led to Man City exit

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/joe-hart-man-city-leave-12257611




Joe Hart has admitted he is at Torino this season to impress prospective clubs to take him on permanently.
England's No.1 had been a mainstay in the Manchester City team for six years, winning the Golden Glove award for most Premier League clean sheets in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 - no goalkeeper has won more.
But Pep Guardiola made the big decision on arriving at the club that he would rather have somebody else in goal, starting the campaign with Willy Caballero before signing Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.
From the moment Hart linked back up with the squad in summer, the former Bayern Munich boss was clear that all was not going to be rosy.
"I came in after the other players because of the Euros, and when we first had a conversation he said he had his reservations about me,” he told Sky Sports .
“I shook his hand, I said it was professionally honest, but not what I wanted to hear.
“I said I wanted to work for him and see what happens but I got the impression that it wasn’t really going anywhere. I got the feeling I wasn’t going to play. I spoke to the chief executive and said: ‘You want me to go don’t you?’
"He didn’t stop me with what I was saying.
“I’m up for a fight but you’ve got to be clever and pick your battle.
"It was the opinion of a guy who has got a lot of power at the club and I wasn’t on the right side of it."
Hart's last loan spell was a year at then-Premier League side Birmingham in 2009. Aged 22 at the time, the England man had played regularly for City in the previous two seasons but was pushed out when Mark Hughes signed Shay Given.
The installation of Roberto Mancini as manager saw Hart back into the City team the following year, a position he held onto until Guardiola's arrival at the club.
Hart is not expecting to be brought back into the Blues side in similar fashion at the end of this campaign.
"This is the second time I've gone out on a season-long loan," he said.
"I've not been sent here to see how I do or see if I improve. I've been sent out because I wasn't wanted.
"I'm not here to prove what I can do, I'm here because I need to look elsewhere and I didn't have a chance to sort anything permanently.
"The way I look at it, I want to do as well as I can for Torino and if somebody comes in for me I don't think Manchester City are going to stand in my way."


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