Pep Guardiola insists Rodri is irreplaceable, but says Manchester City have a duty to find a solution - so how could the Blues line up without him?
"We don't want it," said Pep Guardiola . “When a team doesn’t play with the best midfielder in the world for a long, long time, it is a big blow."
ALSO READ: Arteta texts, Arsenal fall-out, Rodri blow - How Pep Guardiola pulled Man City through chaotic weekGuardiola is right when he says Rodri is irreplaceable, and City would be foolish to try and let one player directly fill his role at the base of midfield. It hasn't worked in the past and no player in the squad can do what Rodri does.
Four of those five players above will be central to Guardiola's Rodri replacement service, while Matheus Nunes staked a claim for more minutes with a reminder of his abilities vs Watford followed by a reminder that he used to play in a double pivot for Sporting. O'Reilly's development into a deeper midfielder may be accelerated in certain competitions now, too.
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