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Man City keeper Caballero ready to challenge Hart for No1 status

Manchester City's new goalkeeper Willy Caballero is ready to challenge Joe Hart for No1 status.

Caballero, 32, accepts that he will start the season as No 2 to the England international after agreeing to move from Malaga and play for his old boss Manuel Pellegrini.

"I've come to play," said Caballero, who started City's first two pre-season tour games in Hart's absence. "I know the situation because Joe is a fantastic goalkeeper but I will fight to play.

"The decision will be down to the coach, the boss. I have trained well in the last three or four weeks and I need more time with my teammates, but I will be ready for the beginning of the season.

"Goalkeepers are a different type of player and I believe in myself. City are a big club and it's a big opportunity. I want to try in every way I can to play."

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