Guidetti calls for City chance

Manchester City striker John Guidetti has spoken of his desire for first-team football when he returns from a loan spell at Feyenoord.

Guidetti has scored 18 goals in 17 starts for the Eredivisie side this term, and is hoping to be given a chance to impose himself on the English Premier League when he returns ahead of the start of next season.

“I don’t know what Man City are thinking but I want to play football,” Guidetti told the Daily Mail.

“If I can’t play at Manchester City – I’m a young boy – then I’ll have to play somewhere else. If I am going to be given a chance at City then I have to be on the same level as the other boys.

“If I’m given number 68, then I don’t have a chance of playing. I have to see what comes up. Maybe I’ll get a chance to go to a big team that will give me number nine or 10 and say, ‘OK, we’re ready to pay you this money.’

“I don’t care about the money but in football it shows where you are. It says, ‘This is how much we believe in giving you this chance’. And I want the chance.

“I don’t want to be a reserve at City, I can’t be. I have to be honest with people, I’m not going to lie.

“I’m not saying City should do this or that, maybe they don’t want me – they can get any player in the world.

“Their wealth is extreme. Maybe they want (Robin) van Persie or (Lionel) Messi. Those two are as tall as these buildings and I’m down here. I know that.”

The 19-year-old went on to praise Feyenoord and said he had improved as a player since moving to the Netherlands.

“Feyenoord are a massive club, the fans make that. Many people have told me there are bigger clubs in Europe but that’s a maybe. Only at Besiktas do the fans match Feyenoord’s.

“At the training session before our game against Ajax we had around 7,000. For the first 15 minutes we couldn’t see, there were so many fireworks and flares. ”

Former England boss Steve McClaren, now manager of Twente, also hailed Guidetti as he recalled his attempt to sign the Swede for Nottingham Forest.

“When I was at Forest at the beginning of the season, I spoke to City to try to get Guidetti on loan,” McLaren said.

“He’s that sort of old-fashioned English striker that works so hard, is a good target and has the knack of scoring.”