Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola stats they have just 13 fit senior players available for Sunday's game with Leicester City. The Citizens are less than a week into their new season but already have a lengthy list of absentees. Guardiola turned to youth for Thursday's 2-1 Carabao Cup win over Bournemouth and expects to have to call upon the club's Academy resources again. Guardiola said: "Well, the situation we have right now, we have just 13 players available in the first team. We need the Academy, not just for the training sessions. They can be selected during the games. "With the problems we have up front, of course Liam will stay with us. We'll see if we need him or use him. But we cannot forget, like the same way we spoke about Phil Foden in previous seasons, he's just 17 years old. He has a lot of things to improve, steps need their own time." Guardiola revealed that Nicolas Otamendi, who has been linked with a move to Porto, was not risked due to "niggles", while fellow defender Aymeric Laporte is still not yet match fit.
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