The defender of Manchester City Abdukodir Khusanov was reportedly delayed by arriving in the team hotel prior to their Champions League collision against Real Madrid because of a visa issue.
The 20-year-old was seen at 12.40 in the Spanish capital of the Cityzen in the Spanish capital by the cameras of the Spanish program El Chiringuito, despite the Uzbekistan star who made Guardiola's team list.
The hosts of the show wondered if the player was 'okay', but noticed that he looked in good health and 'arrived safely'.
However, the Spanish outlet has now been claimed that the unusual arrival time of Khusanov was due to issues about his visa.
The young defender still has to perform in the European side of Guardiola after his £ 33 million January, but is a consistent fixture since arriving from the lens during last month's transfer window.
The defender started the Weekendbind of Man City and was confronted against Newcastle in their Roming 4-0 win in the Etihad.
Further reports have suggested that Khusanov's journey was complicated by the British exit from the European Union and the Schengen area, which resulted in issues for him who drove to Spain with his Passport van Uzbekistan.
According to Footboom, he had to fly privately to Greece and was then able to enter the Spanish capital.
Pep Guardiola's side is confronted with an unthinkable second half of the season without European football after stuttering form in their competition phase of the top match.
Man City was then really pulled against the Spanish giants for their play-off draw and has to go back from a shortage of one goal after a 3-2 defeat at Etihad last week.
The Brace van Erling Haaland was not enough to give the hosts the upper hand on a home floor with Jude Bellingham who won the deceased winner to transfer the benefit to the players of Carlo Ancelotti.
The victory in the Bernabeu will provide a place in the round of 16 – but in his press conference on Tuesday evening Guardiola said that the team's chance to earn one was only 'one percent'.
“You have to make an almost perfect game,” Guardiola said. “We have to play with courage, be ourselves. We have to play to win the game. The pressure is there, it is more than welcome.
If you do not perform well with the pressure, it is what it is. It depends on how we play, how we deal with the big moments in these stadiums. '
But in a positive boost in front of his side, Guardiola confirmed that Haaland, who lets a knee injury learned in Newcastle's defeat on Saturday, as a normal trained for the competition.
Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake, who were all absent during the weekend, were also involved.
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