Ahead of the 2018/19 Community Shield, relive Man City's win over Chelsea courtesy of Bernardo Silva's strike from last March. Alexis Nunes and ESPN FC's Man City correspondent Jonathan Smith break down the lessons learned from City's comeback win over Bayern Munich.
MANCHESTER, England -- Pep Guardiola is ready to end his pursuit of a defensive midfielder before the transfer window closes if Manchester City can get a work permit for Douglas Luiz.
The City manager wanted a replacement for Yaya Toure, who was allowed to leave on a free transfer at the end of the season with Napoli's Jorginho identified as a top target.
However, Jorginho followed Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea, who City will face in the Community Shield on Sunday, and Guardiola is ready to give a chance to Luiz, who joined in a £10 million move from Vasco da Gama last summer.
"We will see, if at the end we decide to bring in another in it will be because he's a special player for the future not just to add one more players for the number," he told a news conference. "I'm so satisfied with the squad.
"We would like it [if Luiz stays]. He has no visa and we will try to convince the federation to allow him to stay. I think he has the potential to stay with us, play with us and improve with us. We saw it against in preseason against Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. A lot depends on him and us."
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