Manchester City keeper Claudio Bravo insists he will fight for his Etihad future despite the imminent arrival Benfica stopper Ederson
Ederson is close to moving to the Etihad for a world record fee for a keeper and his arrival in Manchester casts a huge shadow over flop Claudio Bravo
MANCHESTER CITY flop Claudio Bravo will fight for his Etihad future, as City close in on Benfica keeper Ederson Moraes.
Ederson will follow Monaco pair Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy at City, as the Pep Guardiola's spending spree continues.
Questions will be asked about the Chilean keeper's future - after a less than convincing start in the Premier League.
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Guardiola looked to have lost faith in the 34-year-old keeper, and was dropped for Willy Caballero who has now left the club.
But, Bravo, who joined City from Barcelona last summer, has vowed to fight for the No.1 shirt next season.
Bravo revealed to :"My future is still linked to City for a long time.
"You always have competition at this level. It happened to me at Colo Colo, in the national team, at Real Sociedad, at Barcelona, at City, all my life has been a competition.
"I knew this was going to be the scenario for a while, but this is not something that worries me.
Football is like this at the highest level and more so in these powerful clubs.
"Wherever you look, you have a selection of the best in the world."
Bravo also conceded his first season at the Etihad did not go to plan, but is determined to right the wrongs of last term.
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He added:"Sometimes it's like this, one season things don't go as planned.
"I had two successful seasons at the highest level, and I've just experienced one where we did not achieve what we aimed for from a team standpoint, but one thing does not rule out the other.
"I've always been consistent and persevered on the aims that I set myself. It hasn't been the year that I expected, but I hope the next one will be much better."
Despite a huge amount of criticism after a decade in Spain, Bravo has scoffed at suggestions he's struggled to cope with the unique physical demands of English football.
He added:"Many people think so, that it was down to adapting but I don't think so, there has been a tendency to link my name with that of the functioning of all the team. I don't want to delve into this.
"The whole team did not function as it should have during certain times of the season, but that is in the past."