In Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Manchester City could have a left-back for 'many years', Pep Guardiola has predicted.
Wilson-Esbrand, who had only made one senior appearance before being called into the pre-season tour squad, impressed in the second half of the friendly win over Club America in Houston on Wednesday and took his opportunity on the left against Bayern Munich in Green Bay on Saturday.
Aleks Zinchenko was sold midway through City's spell in Houston, leaving Kyle Walker and Joao Cancelo the only options at full-back. That allowed Wilson-Esbrand and Rico Lewis to get game time as the academy back-up options, and both got a namecheck from Guardiola after City beat Bayern 1-0 in a fixture interrupted by a lighting storm.
