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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini on the Premier League match against West Ham, Sergio Aguero becoming the best striker in the world and form in Europe at a news conference in Manchester, England on Friday (24th October).

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SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager

"Frank (Lampard) is not ready for this week but maybe next week he will start working with the whole squad soon. It will be a short injury. Less than we thought at the beginning. All the other players in the squad are fit.

SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager  (on fans banned from CSKA Moscow tie)

"I don't know if it is more difficult or not. I don't want to have a link without both things - the score, the result and what happened with the fans. I think that the only punished fans were our fans because they couldn't go."

SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager  (on West Ham)

"I think every game is always a difficult game. West Ham are in a good moment. They are playing very good attractive football so we are sure that we are going to have a very tough game as always."

SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
Q. You talked about Sergio Aguero. Could he become the best striker in the world?

"Sergio is a young player. He has a lot more years to improve. He has three or four less years than other players. It just depends on what he wants to do in the future. But I think he has all the conditions to do it."