Guardiola expects Sergio Gómez to be Manchester City’s final summer signing

Sergio Gómez will be Manchester City’s final signing of the summer, unless someone leaves, according to Pep Guardiola. The Spanish full-back is close to sealing a €10m (£8.5m) move from Anderlecht.

City began the season without an orthodox senior left-back in the squad, starting João Cancelo, who has played there regularly since arriving at City, against West Ham in their opening fixture, with teenage full-backs Joshua Wilson-Ebrand and Rico Lewis on the bench. Gómez will not sign in time to face Bournemouth on Saturday, meaning Cancelo is likely to retain his place.

Kalvin Philips is unavailable through injury and Cole Palmer is a doubt for the match against Bournemouth. If Palmer misses out, Guardiola claims it will leave him with 14 fit first-team outfield players for the champions’ first home game of the season. The Spaniard insists he has faith in those available. “No, I’m very very pleased with the team - not [big] in terms of numbers but there is incredible versatility and they all have huge quality – even the young academy lads,” Guardiola said. “The quality is there, they just have to push each other to the next step this season. If nobody moves, I think nobody’s coming in.”

Advice was sought from the former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany about Gómez, who played under the Belgian at Anderlecht last season. The Spain Under-21 international will provide versatility in the squad because he can play in a number of positions. “He was a No 10, like Alex Zinchenko, now he’s adapted in that position. When that happens, [Johan] Cruyff told me all the time that when a winger can play at left-back they will be the best left back. When a holding midfielder can play as a central defender, they will be the best