He is happy to leave the Etihad but only if a loan move is available

Joe Hart is determined to leave Manchester City in the next two weeks and has no wish to fight for his place under new coach Pep Guardiola.

The England goalkeeper was dropped to the bench for the second time in four days as City beat Steaua Bucharest in the first leg of their Champions League play-off in Romania on Tuesday night.

Hart is angry over his treatment at the hands of Guardiola and won’t try to persuade the Spaniard to give him another chance as City pursue a £17.4million deal for Barcelona’s Claudio Bravo.

Joe Hart (centre) is happy to leave Manchester City after being axed by Pep Guardiola

The 29-year-old is understood to prefer a loan deal before the close of the transfer window which would give him more time to consider what is likely to be the last big move of his career.

Hart favours Everton where he can expect to be No 1 ahead of new signing Maarten Stekelenburg, and would not have to uproot from his Cheshire home.

He is also keen to stay in the Premier League and play first-team football to protect his international prospects, with new England manager Sam Allardyce said to be considering playing Southampton’s Fraser Forster in his first World Cup qualifier against Slovakia next month.

Hart was dropped for the second game in a row as City beat Steaus Bucharest on Tuesday

City too are believed to be agreeable to Hart moving to Goodison Park because they do not view Everton as rivals for a Champions League place, but any deal will depend on the two clubs being able to agree on how to fund his £135,000-week wages.

Hart has not ruled out going abroad and Sevilla have emerged as a surprise option, although they have also registered an interest in Valencia’s Diego Alves who has been earmarked as Bravo’s replacement at Barcelona if he moves to City.

Asked if was able to talk about his situation as he walked out of the Arena Nationala in Bucharest on Tuesday night, a bemused Hart replied: ‘Talk about what?’

Barcelona's Claudio Bravo has been lined up as a replacement for England's Hart

HART LEAGUE STATS 15/16 Appearances: 35 Clean sheets: 15 Avg goals conceded: 1.03 Avg saves per game: 1.91 Avg claim success: 96 per cent Avg punches: 69 per cent Distribution success: 59 per cent Advertisement

BRAVO LEAGUE STATS 15/16 Appearances: 32 Clean sheets: 16 Avg goals conceded: 0.69 Avg saves per game: 2.13 Avg claim success: 95 per cent Avg punches: 19 per cent Distribution success: 86 per cent Advertisement

But it’s clear that his 10-year career at City is coming to an end after Guardiola once again preferred Willy Caballero in goal.

Joey Barton, who was at City when Hart arrived from Shrewsbury for an initial fee of £600,000 in 2006, described his treatment as ‘disgusting’ on Wednesday.

‘It is not the club I left,’ the Rangers midfielder told talkSPORT. ‘The club I left and watch now are two totally different organisations.

Former City midfielder Joey Barton has blasted Pep Guardiola for his treatment of Hart

HART'S MAN CITY CAREER Signed: Shrewsbury Town, £600k rising to £1.5m, May 2006 Games: 347 Clean Sheets: 107 HONOURS Premier League: 2012, 2014 FA Cup: 2011 League Cup: 2014, 2016 Advertisement

‘The club I played for wouldn’t have treated a player that had been a servant for as long as Joe has in the manner that it has. It’s disgusting.

‘He is a full international. Somebody who, probably before City took the money, could have gone on to bigger and better things himself but stayed and wanted to be at City.

‘I don’t see what he has done wrong to be treated the way he has. His attitude isn’t terrible. I don’t like this. It is common human decency, regardless of how good a coach you are. Why treat him like that?’

Caballero kept a clean sheet in the 5-0 win over Steaua in which Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick after failing with two penalty attempts in the first half.

The Argentina striker has promised to brush up on his technique from the spot after Guardiola backed him to continue taking penalties.

Aguero confirmed that he had a laser pen shone in his face while taking the one, saying: ‘Yes, but that is not an excuse. I missed the penalties and I know I have to improve and I will try to improve.

Sergio Aguero said he had a laser pen shone in his face while taking a penalty on Tuesday

‘After I missed my first penalty, my head was spinning a bit but I thought “I have to carry on and try to score this one” but I missed. It’s okay, things worked out well in the end.’