Mateo Kovacic spoke today about his future in an interview on the website of the Croatian Football Federation. According to the English press, the Chelsea midfielder is close to signing Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
“I have one year left on my contract with Chelsea. It’s been a really bad season. Everything indicates that after five years I will change the environment, but we will see what happens. At the moment, I’m just focused on Croatia and the Nations League,” said Kovacic, who played for Real Madrid between 2015 and 2018.
The midfielder is in Manchester City’s focus for next season, After five years at Chelsea, where he played from 2018-19, with a total of 221 official matches between all competitions, with six goals and 15 assists. He played 37 games this season, 27 as a starter, with two goals and two decisive passes.
I hope Inter win the Champions League final
“Manchester City is a ‘top’ team and deserves to be in the Champions League finals. That’s what I have to say. It’s a long summer, we’ll see what happens,” Kovacic said. “Chelsea for me is wonderful. I love the city and the fans, they love me, I have good memories of Chelsea. We will see what happens”, explained the Croatian player, who will encourage his compatriot Marcelo Brozovic and Inter this Saturday in the final of Europe’s highest competition.
Throw out Arabia
In any case, he did clarify that he did not have “any offer” from Saudi Arabia: “It’s too early. I think I’m still at a good level to play in Europe. The Saudi league is moving forward.”
At the time of his appearance, it was already within the team’s concentration for the Nations League, where Croatia will face host Netherlands on June 14 in one of the semifinals, Kovavic assured that it will be a “very difficult tournament. It will be difficult even to reach the Final Four. I feel that people think that we will win easily, but we are playing against the best teams. It will be a very difficult match We is optimistic. We will do everything possible to win the Netherlands, but it will not be easy.”
Kudos to Frenkie de Jong
Kovavic highlighted the Netherlands’ “good midfield, talented and leading” and, in particular, said that the Catalan “Frenkie de Jong has been among the best midfielders in the world for years.”
Kovacic says he is “at optimal level” for the Nations League after some “knee problems”.
Source: La Verdad
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