{"id":1538,"date":"2025-09-04T17:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:44:55","slug":"akanji-opens-up-on-leaving-man-city-amid-crowded-defensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/akanji-opens-up-on-leaving-man-city-amid-crowded-defensive-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Akanji opens up on leaving Man City amid crowded defensive line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8-768x482.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Manuel Akanji has explained his decision to leave Manchester City, citing fierce competition for places under Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss defender admitted that with six central defenders in the squad, regular game time would be difficult for anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There were six central defenders in the squad, Pep Guardiola openly told us it wouldn&#8217;t be easy for anyone to have regular playing time,&#8221; Akanji said. He acknowledged that the situation was far from ideal but insisted he understood the challenge he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was not an ideal situation, but I was well aware of competition for places,&#8221; he added, underlining that his departure was a pragmatic choice for his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akanji&#8217;s move marks another high-profile exit from City&#8217;s defensive ranks, as players continue to seek opportunities for consistent minutes elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuel Akanji has explained his decision to leave Manch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1540,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions\/1540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}