Man City get injury blow as Phil Foden provides stance on best position debate

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Pep Guardiola confirmed that Manchester City have suffered another injury blow ahead of their game with West Ham.

The Blues are already without Kevin De Bruyne after he picked up a serious injury in the opening Premier League game, and John Stones and Jack Grealish have failed to recover from their issues in time to be available for the trip to the London Stadium. On top of that, Mateo Kovacic picked up a problem during the international break and will also be unavailable.

Guardiola, back himself after undergoing back surgery that saw him miss the wins over Sheffield United and Fulham, did not see either of the three issues as serious and said there could be some back in time for the Champions League game at home on Tuesday to Red Star Belgrade. However, each will miss the West Ham match to leave Guardiola with a selection headache.

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"Both [Stones and Grealish] are injured for tomorrow," he said. "I don't know for Red Star. Step by step. The injury for Jack is muscular but has an incredible knock for his knee and the damage is there. John is better but still has issues."

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Phil Foden has a simple aim when it comes to his best playing position - to just be the best player in the Premier League.

Foden's position has been the subject of a fierce debate this week after England manager Gareth Southgate insisted he can't play the forward in a central role because he doesn't play there for City.

When Foden has impressed in central areas this season, it has been when drifting inside from a wide