Savinho, Rodri exits, Marmoush update, transfer concerns: What we learned from Enzo Maresca’s Man City press conference

Enzo Maresca has confirmed that Savinho has wanted to permission Manchester City “since time one” portion helium besides admitted that helium could not person Rodri to enactment astatine the Etihad Stadium.

After 7 trophy-laden seasons connected the bluish broadside of Manchester, Rodri bid farewell to the nine earlier this week erstwhile helium completed a £65.4m transportation to Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Savinho is connected the verge of completing a big-money transportation to Tottenham Hotspur, who person allegedly agreed a astonishment woody worthy an archetypal £75m positive £10m successful add-ons.

Man City are gearing up for their archetypal Premier League fixture of the 2026-27 play astatine location against Bournemouth connected Sunday, and Maresca addressed the media astatine a property league connected Friday, with transportation incomings and departures unsurprisingly a blistery topic.

Asked whether helium tried to person Rodri to enactment astatine Man City, Maresca told reporters: "It is rather wide erstwhile the subordinate wants to leave, past it is analyzable to person them to stay.

"It happened with Rodri and the aforesaid happening is happening with Savinho. Since time one, helium has asked maine that helium wants to leave. So present we are waiting, but it's complicated.

"When the subordinate is reasoning that they request a caller challenge, oregon they privation to alteration due to the fact that they astir apt privation to spell backmost to Spain, oregon they privation to play much minutes oregon for a antithetic reason. It becomes analyzable past to person them to stay."

Marmoush yet to inquire to permission Man City, dissimilar Savinho

Omar Marmoush could soon travel Savinho to Spurs, who are successful talks to motion the Egyptian guardant earlier the September 1 transportation deadline.

Asked whether Marmoush volition permission the Etihad, Maresca replied: "I don't know. Omar is inactive here, inactive with us, a antithetic concern to Savinho. And we'll spot what happens."

Elaborating connected those points, the Italian added: "Savinho, since time one, asked to leave. Omar didn't inquire to permission since time one... (But has helium now?) Not yet."

Pressed connected whether Man City tin marque the close signings if players specified arsenic Marmoush and Savinho depart, Maresca said: "For sure, we are going to person much options successful lawsuit players spell out. As I said a fewer times, if they spell out, idiosyncratic has to arrive.

"I'm not worried, not acrophobic [about City's precocious request for transportation business]. Since time one, we knew precisely what we needed, we are moving unneurotic with the sporting manager [Hugo Viana], with the club. And again, it's 11 days to spell [until the deadline], and galore things tin happen.

"We don't person a minimum fig [of signings needed] oregon a maximum number. In lawsuit you triumph games oregon suffer games, we are not going to alteration our position oregon thought connected however galore players we need. We cognize precisely however many, what we need, and past we'll spot successful the adjacent 10 days.”

Maresca coy connected Fernandez woody arsenic helium lays retired Man City ambitions

One subordinate who Maresca is allegedly keen to reunite with is Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez, who continues to beryllium heavy linked with Man City.

"Enzo is simply a Chelsea player, and I'm not going to speech astir players that are not with us,” Maresca told reporters. “First of all, due to the fact that I deliberation it's a deficiency of respect, and 2nd due to the fact that I don't similar erstwhile antithetic managers speech astir our players."

While Maresca was not consenting to sermon imaginable incomings, helium was keen to explicit his delight implicit becoming Man City’s caller manager and is “convinced” that helium tin steer his squad done a palmy season.

He said: "I deliberation we person a bully squad, for sure. We request to beryllium acceptable to compete, I privation to compete, and again, the crushed wherefore I'm present is due to the fact that I privation to effort to triumph titles and to transportation connected what this club, this organisation has done for the past 15 years.

"Where are we now? It's a spot analyzable due to the fact that we started 1 period ago, but for definite the volition is to vie arsenic soon arsenic possible."

"Very excited to commencement this caller chapter, caller journey. It's a privilege to beryllium here; it's a immense club, a immense organisation. I'm convinced - due to the fact that of the players, the club, and what we tin bash - that we tin execute thing important. Now it's mean that it's not thing magic, it's thing you request to build, and we're going to build."

Meanwhile, Maresca has provided the latest update connected the fittingness of his Man City squad, including Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes up of their opening clash with Bournemouth.