Manchester City chief Txiki Begiristain has encouraged Joe Hart to leave.

The Daily Mail says Hart has been told face-to-face by the club's director of football Begiristain that it would be in everyone's best interests if he left in the current transfer window.

City are close to sealing a £20million deal for Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, which would leave Hart as third-choice, and neither manager Pep Guardiola nor Begiristain want that to prove a distraction for the Pep revolution.

Everton and Sevilla have been mentioned as possible destinations for Hart, who was an unused sub as City won 4-1 at Stoke on Saturday.