It will sound pathetic but it’s the truth: Former Manchester City keeper Joe Hart
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Joe Hart, Former Former Manchester City goalkeeper admitted that he was being dropped as number one defender by the then-new manager Pep Guardiola, was the lowest point of his football career.
Claudio Bravo brought by Guardiola from Barcelona to take over as goalkeeper as Hart became the second choice defender behind him.
Joe Hart has talked about the impact of ‘not feeling wanted’ by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola had on his mental health.
“It will sound pathetic but it’s the truth, it’s not playing and not being wanted,” Hart said on show ‘Football, Prince William and our mental health’ as per Daily Mail.
“Things happened with the new manager at Manchester City, probably the most important manager in the world. He didn’t even necessarily not like me, he just had a certain aspect which he didn’t feel I was up to, and it kind of dropped from there. It’s certainly the lowest point of my footballing career but it’s not a dark cloud,” he added.
Hart admits his current struggles to break into the first team at Turf Moor is also tough, but says he is treating it as a “challenge”.
Hart is currently with Premier League side Burnley and is the second choice goalkeeper there, behind England international Nick Pope.
Hart stated that now he has been dealing with on field struggle to improve himself and to become the first choice keeper at his club.
“I’m comfortable with what’s going on. Yeah I’m sad, yeah I’m disappointed that I’m not playing, because I know what I want to be, I know where I should be, I know what I can bring to the game,” Hart said.
“At the moment I’m not being picked, simple as that. You know, at school, not being picked… and that’s hard. I feel like right now could be a real dark time for me, but it’s not, I see it as a challenge,” he added.
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