Fernandinho says he’ll leave City in surprise to Guardiola

MADRID (AP) — Manchester Metropolis midfielder Fernandinho doesn’t need to lengthen his keep on the English membership to a tenth 12 months and plans to return to his native Brazil on the finish of the season.

The 36-year-old holding midfielder mentioned his want for extra recreation time was behind his resolution to depart Metropolis.

“I need to play,” Fernandinho mentioned Tuesday forward of Metropolis’s second-leg match towards Atletico Madrid within the Champions League quarterfinals.

“I’ll return to Brazil, for positive,” he added.

That was information to Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola.

“I did not know,” Guardiola mentioned, when informed minutes later about what Fernandinho mentioned.

Fernandinho has been one of many key gamers at Metropolis since becoming a member of from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013 however is now backup to Rodri because the workforce’s defensive midfielder.

He hasn’t began a match for Metropolis in additional than a month.

Metropolis leads Atletico 1-0 after the primary leg in Manchester.

___

Extra AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

The Related Press