'We need a big presence' - Guardiola on keeper dilemma

Manchester City head Pep Guardiola says "everyone will beryllium involved" this play arsenic he weighs up his starting goalkeeper for Sunday's derby against Manchester United.

Italy world Gianluigi Donnarumma joined from Paris St-Germain connected transportation deadline day, aft City signed James Trafford and Marcus Bettinelli successful nan summer, while Stefan Ortega besides remains portion of nan squad.

The nine besides sold long-time number 1 Ederson to Fenerbahce for £12.1m to extremity a trophy-filled 8 years astatine Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola paid tribute to nan Brazilian, who helped create a "special measurement for nan champion decade for this club", but wanted to "try a caller experience".

The Spaniard besides praised Ilkay Gundogan and Manuel Akanji - who besides near for Galatasaray and Inter Milan - for their contributions to City's past success.

"It was unthinkable what we would person done without them," he added.

But arsenic he now focuses connected City's future, Guardiola needs to determine whether to propulsion £26m signing Donnarumma consecutive successful against United aliases proceed pinch Trafford, who has started nan first 3 games this season.

"He is truthful tall, he is truthful huge," he said of Donnarumma, 26. "[From] each nan keepers we want is safe balls, springiness assurance to nan team, person characteristic and a large presence.

"In nan biggest stages successful nan Champions League past season, astatine Villa Park, Anfield and successful galore games, he proved really bully he is.

"He is going to concede goals, that is for sure, but each of us, we are going to effort to grip it."

Asked astir nan 22-year-old Trafford, Guardiola replied: "He is simply a keeper for Man City. I tin only play 1 keeper, I tin play 2 full-backs, 2 centre-backs.

"The play is truthful agelong everyone will beryllium involved. They whitethorn not judge it but they will."

Meanwhile, United head Ruben Amorim has confirmed Altay Bayindir will commencement successful extremity connected Sunday (kick-off 16:30 BST), which intends deadline time signing Senne Lammens misses out.

The signing of Donnarumma appears to displacement distant from nan sweeper-keeper expertise of Ederson, who changed nan look of goalkeeping successful nan Premier League pinch nan shot astatine this feet.

The Brazilian provided 7 assists successful nan English apical flight, much than immoderate different goalkeeper, while location is often nan proposal Donnarumma is not arsenic comfortable successful possession.

"I ever effort to accommodate nan value of nan players," added Guardiola. "I will not request to Gigi to do thing for illustration he is uncomfortable.

"We are talking astir nan champion players I've ever seen successful nan distribution, successful short and long, I've ever seen pinch Ederson. So, we didn't return Gigi to do what Ederson has done, Gigi has different quality.

"When you analyse 1 player, it looks for illustration you want to undermine nan different one, it's not astir that."

Striker Erling Haaland comes into nan crippled connected nan backmost of scoring an unthinkable 5 goals during Norway's 11-1 hammering of Moldova during nan caller World Cup qualifiers.

The 25-year-old's extremity successful nan conclusion astatine Brighton earlier nan break besides took his tally to 88 successful conscionable 100 Premier League games - nan astir by a subordinate to scope that milestone.

Earlier connected Friday, Liverpool leader Arne Slot described Alexander Isak arsenic "maybe nan champion striker successful nan world" pursuing nan Sweden international's move to Anfield for a British grounds £125m fee.

But Guardiola responded: "Erling is simply a small spot above.

"Isak is an exceptional player. You inquire what Erling is arsenic a striker - he's nan top. But Isak must beryllium a apical subordinate for what they paid, obviously.

"Another personification would opportunity [Kylian] Mbappe, different personification would opportunity [Lionel] Messi, different personification would opportunity Cristiano [Ronaldo]. That's fine. It is simply a crippled of opinions and everyone has nan correct to an opinion.

"What I'm saying is that I would not alteration Erling for anyone. I cognize him. He is unthinkable arsenic a player, adorable arsenic a personification and I for illustration him."

City spell into nan 197th derby connected nan backmost of consecutive convention defeats and are 13th successful nan table, pinch United a constituent up successful ninth.

It is nan first clip they person trailed their rivals heading into a Manchester derby since 2020.

Haaland told Viaplay: "We've mislaid 2 games successful a row, it's not bully enough, it's measurement excessively bad. We request to fig it out, get backmost to winning ways. We can't spend to suffer games, arsenic there's truthful galore bully teams.

"It's cleanable to move things astir against United. We request to each beryllium connected our best, get our asses going, get things going, because it's not been bully capable truthful far."