Pep Guardiola surprisingly threatened to say goodbye to Manchester City. The Spanish coach star made his whereabouts at the English Premier League club on the condition that the squad was reduced.
“I told the club that I don’t want that. I don’t want to put five or six players on the stands,” said Guardiola after the 3-1 against the AFC Bournemouth: “I don’t want to. Then I will terminate the squad, I will not stay. It is impossible for my soul to put the players on the stands so that they cannot play.”
As a coach, he couldn’t train 24 players, “and every time I have to choose four or five players who have to stay at home,” added the 54-year-old: “This won’t happen.” Guardiola had extended his contract with the Cityzens by 2027 last autumn, in the middle of the sporting crisis.
Many winter transfers are part of the problem
Due to the poor results and worries of injuries last winter, they had made transfers for more than 200 million euros, including Frankfurt’s ex-scorer Omar Marmoush. The squad is now bloated accordingly, since injured players are also available again.
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However, players are difficult because the professionals at MAN City usually receive a very good salary. However, the departure of Belgium’s midfield star Kevin de Bruyne, who leaves the club in summer after ten years.
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