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pep guardiola left the door open for Jack Grealish to return to manchester City,
The England international has made a big impact everton Since joining the Merseyside club on a season-long loan from City in August.
The 30-year-old playmaker had fallen down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.
Guardiola will have to find a way to stop Grealish when the clubs meet in the Premier League on Saturday, as he cannot play against his parent club, but his form has not gone unnoticed.
City manager Guardiola said: “I think he has a contract with us for another year.
“The important thing is that he is back. He has a massive influence in Everton games. After what happened, maybe Manchester City want him back, but I don’t know.
“There’s still a lot of things that are going to happen. We’ll see.”
“The important thing is that he’s playing again, that many minutes. That’s the standard. I’m happy, really, honestly, that he’s back, trying his best.”
Another player Guardiola is happy he doesn’t need to stay erling hollandWhich he feels is in the best position of his career.
The prolific striker has scored a remarkable 21 goals in just 12 appearances for City or Norway this season.
His achievements include five goals against Moldova in September and a hat-trick against Israel last weekend, which put Norway on the brink of World Cup qualification for the first time since 1998.
In nine appearances for City, the defeat to Tottenham in September is the only defeat in which he failed to find the net.
His 12 goals for City this term have taken the 25-year-old’s total for the club to 136 since his transfer from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.
Guardiola joked that if he were the opposition manager he would need to have “four central defenders” on him.
He added: “I had the pleasure of facing him when he was at Dortmund and hopefully I won’t face him again in my life.
“He’s a top-class player. In world football, there are four, five, six, 10 players who make the difference. I think he’s one of them. Hopefully we’ll have him for many more years, and we’re really happy about that.”
Asked if he thought it was Haaland’s best performance, the Spaniard said: “I think it is.
“He feels really good and his performance level, not only in terms of goals but in many things, is excellent.”
Guardiola feels little need to manage Haaland at the moment and will only step in if he has a poor spell.
He added: “What I’m saying is, (he’s) going to leave because it’s impossible to sustain, (but) I’ll be there, we’ll be there.
“We always have to support (each other) in bad moments. Now, he doesn’t need compliments and doesn’t need anything special.”