Although the transfer market has already closed, the injury of the Chilean forced the cityzen to look for a another goalkeeper

Manchester City, the current Premier League champion, is going through a difficult situation, as two of its players have suffered considerable injuries at the start of the season. According to the official website of the club, Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne and Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo suffered injuries that will keep them away from the courts for several months. "Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo suffered an Achilles tendon injury in the training session," Manchester City said in an official statement.

Leer en español: Tras lesión de Claudio Bravo, Manchester City apunta a España para reforzar su arco

During today's training @ C1audioBravo has suffered an injury to the Achilles tendon.

The tests to which he has been subjected have confirmed the break in his left foot.

On Thursday he will travel to Barcelona to undergo new tests.

Force Claudio! # MCFCEspanish pic.twitter.com/nwFfzObkmn

– Manchester City (@ManCityES) August 20, 2018

The injury of the Latin American goalkeeper is the one that has complicated the Manchester City, especially since the transfer market was closed. Although it is true that the goalkeeper of the cityzens is the Brazilian Ederson Moraes, Pep Guardiola usually uses the second goalkeeper in cup matches. The Englishman Daniel Grimshaw and the Montenegrin Aro Muric, 20 and 19 years old respectively, are the other goalkeepers Manchester City has, and because of their young age the arrival of a more experienced goalkeeper is expected to dispute ownership with Ederson.

After the closing of the transfer market on August 9, the possibilities of hiring a goalkeeper are governed by a special permit granted for the injury of the Chilean. The club cannot sign any player unless it is without a team, or can hire a player but as a loan.

"You can only sign free players or receive what is known in England as 'emergency assignments.' There is one more way: request an exceptional registration to the English Federation on the grounds that there would be no time to find a goalkeeper on loan level or free," said the newspaper AS. It is in this way that Manchester City could sign another goalkeeper. So, who are the candidates with the most options of being a cityzen?

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Are the top clubs in Spain the solution?

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid could have the replacement of Claudio Bravo in Manchester City. One can speak of this possibility, remembering that the English team could sign a goalkeeper of the Spanish league as a loan or permanently if the English Federation approves an exceptional registration. Once this condition has been clarified, it can be said that the names of Jasper Cillessen by Barcelona and Keylor Navas and Kiko Casilla by Real Madrid have been shuffled.

Cillessen appeared in the orbit of Manchester City as soon as Bravo's injury was known, as the Dutch goalkeeper is not the owner of Barcelona. "(Cillessen) has not managed to dislodge the No. 1 Marc-André ter Stegen of the goal, and has had just 22 appearances for the Spanish giants, being just 2 of those games for the League," explains the British newspaper The Sun.

On the other hand, the overcrowding of goalkeepers that Real Madrid has brings two serious candidates to fight the starting goal of Manchester City. The newcomers Thibaut Courtois and Andriy Lunin join Keylor Navas, Kiko Casilla and Luca Zidane to form the excessive Merengue Arc, so the Costa Rican or Spanish could be serious options for cityzens.

"Where (Real Madrid) does have overbooking is in the goal, currently up to five players occupy that demarcation, but Lopetegui said he wants three goalkeepers," says the media COPE. The agglomeration of Madrid goalkeepers and its great hierarchy make the most option to reach the goal of Manchester City is the Costa Rican Keylor Navas.

Back or to gain momentum, excellent day of work! Isaiah 41:10 pic.twitter.com/nLh7nxxR6G

– Keylor Navas (@NavasKeylor) August 9, 2018

The goals of the best European clubs have had strong and serious movements in recent seasons of signings and Manchester City has opened another chapter in this exodus of goalkeepers. Navas, Cillessen, Navas, Casilla and even the Mexican Guillermo "Memo" Ochoa have sounded to replace the absence of the Chilean Claudio Bravo. This cityzen emergency must be resolved promptly, so it will open an interesting fight with the Brazilian Ederson to stay with the starting goal of the defending champion of the English Premier League.

LatinAmerican Post | Javier Aldana

Translated from "Tras lesión de Claudio Bravo, Manchester City apunta a España para reforzar su arco"