"I was fuming" - Man City fans react to Pep Guardiola conversation that saw Joe Hart leave club

Of all the decisions Pep Guardiola has had to make as Manchester City manager, deciding that club legend Joe Hart was not part of his plans was the toughest.

The way that Guardiola dropped Hart from the City team in 2016 - as he wanted a goalkeeper more comfortable with his feet -was deeply unpopular among Blues at the time. Now, speaking on the In The Stiffs podcast, the legendary goalkeeper has revealed the conversation he had with Guardiola that told him his time was up.

"It was a two-hour conversation that kind of ended with him [Guardiola] saying 'I can’t see this working'," Hart said.

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"I said 'I thought that might be the idea, I don’t agree with you'. He said 'I’ll be the first person to be proved wrong but what I see in you isn’t what I want from my goalkeeper'.

"I was like 'it’s all very well saying that, but I’ve never been asked to do the kind of things I know you like your goalkeepers to do, so I think it’s only fair I be given the opportunity'. He said 'of course you’ll be given the opportunity, but…'. As soon as there are any buts at the end you know there’s a decision."

It's fascinating to hear Hart's side of the story after five-and-a-half years, as it's an issue that clearly still divides City fans. Here's some of the reaction from Twitter.

@Yorksblue61: I get the sentiment, and no Bravo wasn't great, but Pep wanted to play a certain way which I don't think Joe could have done. Also I do feel his best years had already happened, as his subsequent career shows.

@Hedghog111: I was fuming at the time, loved Joe and didn’t agree with what Pep was doing… but looking back now it was the right thing to do, Joe is a city