Danilo signed from Real Madrid for £32.5m

The £26.5m summer signing from Real Madrid is known mainly as a right back but made his Premier League bow at left back against Brighton.

“My aim here is to help the team, and help them get the goals,” he said. “So it doesn’t matter if I’m on the right, the left or in midfield.

“I prefer the right because it’s my natural leg, and it’s maybe more difficult to play on the left, but I can adapt to both positions.

“When I started out as a player I used to play in midfield, and I also won the Copa Libertadores with Santos playing as a midfielder.

“So I am really used to that position even if I haven’t played there much recently – I won’t have a problem playing there again.

“It depends on the needs of the team but we have great players in midfield. But I always want to play, and help the team, in any position.

City have turned down a loan bid from Turkish club Galatasary for defender Jason Denayer with Guardiola holding out for a permanent £9m sale.