The majority of his backroom staff are also thought to be without a permanent home in the city. Even a fourth successive defeat at Northampton in tonights? EFL Cup-tie will not alter the unshakeable boardroom belief in him. “Guardiolas phone call was a huge part of me deciding to go there. PA:Press Association5Chuba Akpom starts for Arsenal in League Cup win and wants more first team acti. onReuters5Akpom celebrates with new boy Lucas Perez as the Spaniard scores hist first goals for ArsenalBoss Arsene Wenger has always used the League Cup as an opportunity for the kids to impress and Akpom, despite?being a striker was used down the left. Jesus was wanted by Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, so Guardiola’s phone call was a real coup. Yet Toure must have feared the writing was on the wall when the new manager was announced in early February. I didnt mind playing on the wing today, Ill play anywhere the boss wants me to play, but today it wa. I was in Dubai when I was informed that he had instead decided to sign a kid from Real Sociedad who had just broken into the Spanish national team. The instant he spoke to the players for the first time there was a sense that here was a man who did things differently to anyone else that had managed the club.