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11 to go! Guardiola plans big Man City clearout

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admit a major clearout is planned this summer.

The Sunday Mirror says as many as 11 of the players who have helped City win two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups in the eight-and-a-half years since Sheikh Mansour's takeover will leave the Etihad in the summer.

Pablo Zabaleta, Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Jesus Navas and Willy Caballero are out of contract, while Joe Hart, Samir Nasri, Eliaquim Mangala and Wilfried Bony are not wanted back at the club after spending the season out on loan.

There are also doubts over the futures of Vincent Kompany , who returns against Everton on Sunday needing to prove he can stay fit, and Aleksandar Kolarov.

Guardiola said: “It is about the next five years or 10 years. Of course, to change the team is normal. The manager has changed and the players are going to change as well."

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