Steve Nicol calls Pep Guardiola 'SO PRICKLY' 🗣️ Will Alvarez & De Bruyne stay at Man City? | ESPN FC

Stevie makes no sense He's won everything He has the right to search for a team where he can start and be a main figure in the squad He's too good to be a bench player

As frustrating and unprofessional as it can be to watch Dan constantly interrupt panelists, he’s spot on when it comes to Alvarez. The fact that Stevie does not appear to actually realize Alvarez is second fiddle to the likes of Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden, etc is head scratching. The reason why Alvarez played so many minutes last season is because De Bruyne was out for more than half the season and Haaland was out for two months. He’s a very good player but Pep prefers other players over him as first choice locked in starters. It makes complete logical sense that Alvarez would be interested in leaving for a club where he’s the full time starter up top. How Stevie doesn’t comprehend that is mind boggling.

The previous shows the panel concluded Alvarez doesn’t get game time, now they're admitting the fact that it's the opposite. Literally everything about City in the media is conspiracy theories 😂

What is this? Stevie forgot to take his fish oil last night. He starts to argue about something and by the end of it he's talking about something else entirely.

Guardiola always going against the players decisions, but when he don't want them anymore that's fine. Julian is one of the more respectful and humble players by far, and at the end of the day this is no more than a job, he shouldn't take it personal

Stevie is speaking like Álvarez is a youth player. He's 24 now.

I agree with part of Steve's argument, in that he could/should wait a year and if KDB has another injury hit season, Alvarez could improve his situation, but I don't agree with playing players out of position

Give the guy a break. Alvarez just played the Copa America and is now playing in the Olympics. He’s not focused on club football right now.

I know there’s abundance of rags in the media but Ogden & Rob Dawson being the ITK’s on ESPN payroll, it’s just comically bad borderline unprofessional to watch the coverage related to city , Dan inserting narratives cause they have a quota of content time to meet, be better off discussing something else lol

Stevie being Stevie. Dan being Dan. I’m with Dan here though.

“Pickily I like that word”

alvarez said he is happy at man city, so i don't know what the fuss is about, just pure drama from espn fc.

Dan is completely right 😎 Steve is on something, he didnt even remember what he said 10 minutes ago !!! Julian has ever right to play more and try his luck somewhere else. Dont want him to leave but he has the confidence and experience to ask to leave if he wants to.

I mean stats wise and eye test tell you he probably should be starting all the big games, not when people are injured or for squad rotation. I don't blame Alvarez at all. Everyone who wants to win and be a factor in winning would not settle for his current situation. Hard to say if he will ever get that role within City though as Pep clearly fancy's others before him for whatever reasons.

But at least they have Kalvin Phillips

Going forward, Alvarez starts ahead of KDB. KDB is starting to show his decline... Just a fact. Start Alvarez or lose him. Pep may not be there long term, Alvarez has to think about his future after winning everything.

My prediction: KDB will stay Alvarez is leaving and City will be found guilty on 7 Charges out of 115

I am so happy with Dan going at Stevie!!! I am so with Dan on this!!!

I enjoy Stevie but what a stubborn old goat he can be

Pep doesn’t care he’s leaving too we need to get all the barca and pep fan boys out of the club and get players that care about the club and who actually want to be there