Claudio Bravo has said he is happy to stay at Manchester City despite losing his place to Willy Caballero. The former Barcelona skipper also branded reports of his exit from the English club, ‘fake news’. And he is not moved by reports that coach Pep Guardiola wants to sign a new goalkeeper.
“The issue that I was not playing came out, many examples of fake news have come out. Things that, above all, have no information about them. Many things also come out from this country that are not true – that I have a psychologist, or an English teacher to have a faster adaptation to life in England. It’s all false, that I’m looking for another place to play, because I want to leave, things that are not true. I’m happy in England and so is my family.” he said after Chile’s 1-0 defeat against Argentina on Saturday.
In other words, the Chilean is staying put in England until the powers that be decide otherwise.
Claudio Bravo completes Manchester City move
Barcelona FC skipper, Claudio Bravo has successfully completed his move to Manchester City. The Chile international who flew to England on Tuesday and had his medical on Wednesday was snapped up for £17million.
Speaking on his four-year deal, the 33 year-old who made 75 appearances for the Catalans said: ‘I’m very proud to be joining Manchester City. I know the club is building something very special and I hope I can be part of many successes in the coming years.
‘I have followed City’s progress in recent years and obviously know some of my new team-mates from the Copa America.
‘It is not easy to leave a club like Barcelona where I had two fantastic years, but the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola was too good to refuse.
‘Now I will challenge the other great goalkeepers the club has and together I hope we can win many trophies.’
Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola described Claudio as : ‘a fantastic goalkeeper and an excellent addition to our squad. He has experience and great leadership qualities and is in the prime of his life. He is a goalkeeper I have admired for a number of years and I’m really happy he is now a City player.’
Claudio Bravo a doubt for Barca's clash with Atletico
Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is a doubt for Saturday’s Primera Division clash at Atletico Madrid after sustaining a calf injury. Bravo picked up the injury during training on Monday and the 32-year-old faces a battle to prove his fitness for the clash with Diego Simeone’s men.
A Barca statement on Tuesday read: “Analysis by FC Barcelona’s medical personnel has revealed that first-team goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has suffered a muscular injury to his right calf.
“The muscle in question is Bravo’s right soleus. He will be closely monitored over the coming days and his availability for this weekend’s match at Atletico de Madrid will be determined based on how the injury evolves.”
Bravo, who won the Copa America with Chile in July, started in Barcelona’s first two La Liga games and kept clean sheets. Should he fail to prove his fitness, Marc-Andre ter Stegen would make his La Liga debut for Barca. Ter Stegen, who joined from Borussia Monchengladbach last year, was Barca’s first-choice keeper for the Copa del Rey and Champions League last season.
Vincent Enyeama makes Top 10 goalkeepers in the World 2014 list.
It’s bursting at the seams for Nigeria international, Vincent Enyeama. He’s been shortlisted for almost all major African awards.
The Lille goalie has just made the list of the top 10 goalkeepers in the world list. He’s occupying the 10th spot and interestingly he’s the only African on the list.
Top 10 goalkeepers in the World for 2014 (IFFHS).
(1) Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich/Germany
(2) Thibaut Courtois – Chelsea/ Belgium
(3) Keylor Navas- Real Madrid/ Costa Rica.
(4) Gianluigi Buffon- FC Torino/Italy
(5) Claudio Bravo- FC Barcelona/Chile
(6) Sergio Romero- Sampdoria Genua/Argentina
(7) Guillermo Ochoa-Malaga/Mexico
(8) Peter Cech- Chelsea/Czech Republic
(9) Hugo Lloris- Tottenham/ France
(10) Vincent Enyeama- Lille OSC/ Nigeria.
Iker Casillas, Claudio Bravo Thibaut Courtois, others shortlisted for FIFA FIFPro World XI 2014 Award.
Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas, Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois, Barcelona’s Claudio Bravo and two other goalies have been nominated for the FIFA FIFPro World XI 2014 award.
“FIFPro, the World Players’ Union, and FIFA today announced the five goalkeepers shortlisted for the FIFA FIFPro World XI 2014 (see list below) as part of the final 55-man shortlist to be revealed on 1 December 2014,” FIFA announced.
The winner will be announced on January 12, 2015 at the 2014 Ballon d’Or Awards in Zurich.
Nominees
(1) Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern München)
(2) Claudio Bravo (Chile/FC Barcelona)
(3) Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Chelsea FC)
(4) Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid CF)
(5) Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus FC)
Nigeria's Vincent Enyeama makes FIFA's best goalkeepers in the World Cup list
The world would be surprised if he didn’t make the list. Super Eagles/Lille shot-stopper, Vincent Enyeama has made FIFA’s list of the best goalkeepers in the 2014 World Cup list. Albeit Nigeria has crashed out of the World Cup, there is no denying that the Kaduna-born goal-keeping star made some epic saves in the tournament.
Top 6 goal keepers in the World Cup
(1) Claudio Bravo- Chile
(2) Thibaut Courtois- Belgium
(3) Keylor Navas- Costa Rica
(4) Vincent Enyeama- Nigeria
(5) David Ospina – Colombia
(6) Guillermo Ochoa- Mexico