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Pep Guardiola instructs Manchester City star on crucial steps to progress first-team careerPublished: 08:30 on November 1st 2025 | Last Updated: 06:51 on November 1st 2025By Vayam Lahoti
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has told academy graduate Oscar Bobb exactly what he needs to do to stake a greater claim in the first-team squad.
Bobb made a strong start to the season after impressing at the FIFA Club World Cup in June – in the backdrop of the most difficult year of the 22-year-old’s career after he battled with leg breaks and recurring hamstring issues over the course of the previous campaign.
The Norway international burst onto the scene with a crucial injury-time winner in a 3-2 comeback win for Manchester City away at Newcastle midway through the 2023-24 season – a goal that was deemed by many as the most pivotal moment of the Blues’ campaign.Since his emergence, Bobb has provided a unique option out wide for Pep Guardiola, who has had to cope with a notable reduction in attacking output from the wings since the notable exits of Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez over the years.
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Pep Guardiola instructs Manchester City star on crucial steps to progress first-team careerPublished: 08:30 on November 1st 2025 | Last Updated: 06:51 on November 1st 2025By Vayam Lahoti
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has told academy graduate Oscar Bobb exactly what he needs to do to stake a greater claim in the first-team squad.
Bobb made a strong start to the season after impressing at the FIFA Club World Cup in June – in the backdrop of the most difficult year of the 22-year-old’s career after he battled with leg breaks and recurring hamstring issues over the course of the previous campaign.
The Norway international burst onto the scene with a crucial injury-time winner in a 3-2 comeback win for Manchester City away at Newcastle midway through the 2023-24 season – a goal that was deemed by many as the most pivotal moment of the Blues’ campaign.
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Since his emergence, Bobb has provided a unique option out wide for Pep Guardiola, who has had to cope with a notable reduction in attacking output from the wings since the notable exits of Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez over the years.
City have heavily relied on the likes of Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez on goals in recent seasons and after the latter joined Atletico Madrid for £82 million last summer, Haaland has had to do it all pretty much by himself for the Blues.
Guardiola has called for his wingers to pull their weight and alleviate the growing burden on Haaland to keep bailing Manchester City out of jail week-in, week-out, with the Blues aiming to mount a genuine title challenge this term after enduring their most challenging year for a decade last term.
The Manchester City manager and his backroom staff – together with the board – have kept their faith in Bobb, who is one of the brightest talents to have graduated from their academy – but there is an acceptance that it is now or never for the Oslo-born star as he looks to stamp his mark down on the first-team.Haaland
