Taking advantage of a break after morning training, Su Dong kept Joe Hart behind, and the two had a long talk.
Su Dong understood Joe Hart's current situation. He knew the England goalkeeper was in a terrible mood. Anyone would feel miserable after encountering something like this.
The number-one goalkeeper of the British Empire couldn't even secure a starting spot at a club in his own country's league. Wasn't that a joke?
Yet that was exactly the joke Joe Hart was facing.
What he found even harder to accept was that the goalkeeper who had taken his starting position was a youngster not yet twenty years old.
Could anyone endure that?
Su Dong listened to quite a few of Joe Hart's complaints. He did not deny that Joe Hart had his own problems, but he also felt that he had fallen into a vicious cycle. He had lost his starting position, and Guardiola only fielded him in certain domestic cup matches. Those cup games usually received little attention and were played with rotation and reserve lineups.
In other words, Man City's lineups for those matches were weaker, which affected Joe Hart's performance. That, in turn, affected his standing within the team and led to even more doubts about him.
This was indeed a very common phenomenon, which was why players usually sought transfers.
A tree died when it was transplanted, but people thrived when they moved!
After transferring to a new environment and starting over, players often achieved unexpected results.
But Man City could not possibly allow Joe Hart to transfer right now.
At least not before the end of the season!
Su Dong told Joe Hart that he would take the initiative to make a request to Guardiola and fight for more playing time for him. However, he also