When quizzed on Erling Haaland’s availability for Manchester City’s daunting Premier League meeting with Bournemouth on Sunday, all Pep Guardiola could offer was: “I hope so.”
The relentlessly prolific frontman missed Wednesday’s Carabao Cup victory over Swansea City entirely, as he was overlooked for the squad after sustaining a knock during last weekend’s defeat to Aston Villa. Guardiola takes a very simple approach to Haaland’s selection: when he is fit, he starts.
