Manchester City will ask the EFL to change Carabao Cup rules to permit new signing Marc Guehi to feature in next month's final. Pep Guardiola expressed his disappointment that the £20million central defender cannot play when City face Arsenal at Wembley on March 22. The City boss revealed that he has already asked the club's hierarchy to make representations that selecting the England international ought to be allowed. Rules were altered this season so that players could turn out for two different teams in a single campaign – and Antoine Semenyo started both legs of the semi-final against Newcastle United. Semenyo arrived before the first leg at St James' Park, whereas Guehi was hit by a time restriction by signing after that 2-0 win, meaning he was ruled out of the home leg and a potential final. 'Marc can hopefully play the final,' Guardiola said. 'You pay a lot of money and I can't understand why you can't play him in the final. 'Hopefully we can convince them, sometimes it's diffic...
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