straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola gave new boy Ruben Dias a glowing tribute after a fine debut against Leeds.
Manchester City splashed out a club record £65.2million on the Portugal international - a lot of money for a 23-year-old. And as he only joined the Blues last week, and they were facing an aggressive and attacking Leeds team, it seemed unlikely that he would be thrown straight in.
But Guardiola said that he had "no choice" but to play him as John Stones had only just returned to training after ten days out injured, while Eric Garcia has hamstring "niggles".
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