Manchester City forward Oscar Bobb was asked about a loan move away from the Etihad after a difficult year with injuries
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Oscar Bobb and James McAtee of Manchester City warm up prior to the 2024 FA Community Shield match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Oscar Bobb and James McAtee of Manchester City warm up prior to the 2024 FA Community Shield match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on August 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)
Oscar Bobb at Wembley
Oscar Bobb is determined to stay at Manchester City next season to fight for his place in Pep Guardiola's team. The forward saw the makings of an excellent season ruined by injury, and was left out of the final matchday squad of the campaign at Fulham with others preferred.
Pep Guardiola was not happy about having a bigger squad inflated by arrivals in the January transfer window that meant he had to leave players out, although that did not mean that those who were left out were happy. The City manager was asked about Jack Grealish not playing in the final week of the season but extended it to the rest of his squad.
"There is not one player in my locker room, and I think all the locker rooms in and around the world, that they are happy or they are not happy, or have bad faces, because players don't play. I never, never see that," he said.
"Of course they are unsatisfied, but not just Jack. Macca and Rico were and Kova, who was a little bit injured and I didn't want to expose that. And all the players are unhappy, and they let you know that they aren't happy.
"We're in situations when the team is winning, winning, they have to figure out that everything happened, but they aren't happy. They are here to play, and they don't play, they are unsatisfied. That is a normal position in all the clubs."
With Bobb failing to make much of an impact on the team after recovering from a number of injury issues that wiped out most of the season, he faces increased competition for a place. A number of clubs are keeping watch as Bobb has to prove himself all over again at the Etihad if he wants minutes.
However, the Norwegian is set on staying and doing just that in Manchester. Asked about the idea of a loan move next season, he told Nettavisen: "Everyone wants to play regularly every week. I wouldn't have said I wanted to stay at City if I didn't think it was possible."
Bobb is expected to join up with the City squad for the Club World Cup after his international duty with Norway, and will hope that he can find his rhythm again in the United States. The 20-year-old was City's best player in pre-season last summer and looked set to have a big part in their season, only to suffer a leg fracture in the week leading up to their first Premier League game.
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