PEP Guardiola: Man City Boss says 40 people who were supposed to wear a schedule, but the clubs would go bankrupt | Football news

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes that a composition of 40 people could be the only way to deal with the requirements of a football calendar, but says that would take clubs on bankruptcy.

The city is one of many sides, including Tottenham and Arsenal, that this season was suffering injuries, with a defender Manuel Akanji The last player to be placed aside after news of the lower leg injury in the season Kai Havertz.

Akanji faces up to 10 weeks after his kidnapper has broken during the defeat of the Champions League on Tuesday in Real Madrid. Guardiola considers that injuries that affect so many foreign direct consequences are a wider schedule.

“I always expect injuries during the season. Not as much as we had, but that’s not just a problem for Man City,” Guardiola said ahead of the Premier League Conflict in Newcastle on Saturday.

“You see the same in Tottenham, Arsenal right now, most of the teams except Liverpool that the whole season was so stable in these conditions. Real Madrid. Many teams.

“This happens when you accumulate the season towards the season. It’s like what happened to Manu (Akanji), the body says,” It’s enough. “

“A solution to prevent this? I think Jurgen Klopp and I said this in the past. It’s a calendar. I don’t see another reason why there are many injuries.”

Guardiola rejected the proposal to reduce the number of clubs in the Premier League to be a solution.

“It won’t happen that there are fewer Premier League matches,” he said. “Carabao Cup will continue.

“The only solution is to have 40 players on the team. It’s impossible. Bankruptcy for clubs. How do you hold 40 salary and transfer? That’s impossible.”

Problems with Manchester City injury started with Rodrod this season, cracking his front cross ligament of the knees in their September 2-2 with Arsenal in September and contributed to their bad campaign.

In addition to juggling with their domestic and European obligations this season, they face the appearance of travel to the United States to compete in the FIFA club World Cup between June and July.

“It’s a big questionnaire,” Guardiola said when asked what team would be able to take to that tournament.

“I would like to give you an answer, but I don’t know. A big questionnaire, but I would say it’s not a positive feeling, because we’re in a position that we, like many, are many clubs.

“My analysis is so simple. The body speaks for itself and says,” It’s enough. “You can say,” Give me a heart! “But the body says,” No, no more, I have to rest, otherwise I’ll get hurt. “

Guardiola used Kevin de Bruyne as an example of a player who struggles to manage the schedule.

“Kevin was one of the players who played the most games for eight or nine years, played every three days and made an incredible effort with distances, physical, running, attacking channels with Fernandinho and Rodroda who crossed him.

“You could do it but now [33] And comes from five -month injuries last season. Not the same. Why? Because the body was injured for five months.

“When that happens, I go to holidays, but players go to the national team, play the World Cup or a new competition that UEFA has done in the season [the UEFA Nations League].

“It’s not about managers or physios. It’s just the amount of games. Bodies say,” I’m tired. “

‘Who will get 100 points or win four in a row? I’m waiting … ‘

Guardiola was defying the topic of the city this year, insisting that the record standards that set his side in previous years would be impossible for any side to repeat as the Premier League level continues to grow.

“What I said many times for the players and the club is that in nine years we only had three, really, very bad months,” he said.

“So when people say, ‘Ah Pep, what happened? “I say, ‘No, no, what There is happened! ‘That’s a problem. This is not normal. Not now or in the past.

“Who will do 100 points now, in modern football? I’m waiting. Or four [Premier Leagues] In a row? I’m waiting. With Bournemouth, with Fulham, with wolves …

“I asked Gundo [Ilkay Gundogan] Yesterday, ‘Two years ago you were here, you were a year in Barcelona and now get back here for a year. Did anything change in the Premier League? ‘He said,’ Mass. ‘

“I said,” It was different in just one year? “And he said,” Amazing. “

“Did you see Liverpool this season? They can’t do 100 points already. Ninety nine, but not 100. And look at the season they did.

“It’s not an argument to defend what we have done in the last three months. Many things have happened. But it puts it in a perspective.

“What we have done in the past is not repeated. It will be so difficult to be so consistent, many years and now we understand it. I could expect a fall, but not as much as now.

“It’s a reality. We have to accept it. We have to accept criticism and bad moments. What can you do? Crying? To complain? No. That’s what it is. We’re not good enough.

“When we were 1-0 or 2-0 in the past, the opponents were not close; they were not in our box, halfway. Now we are not good with it. We invite risks and make mistakes that are not common for this team.

“We are in the position we are in because we are not good enough. If Madrid recovers from the two goals we give, this is because we are not good enough. Accept it and move forward.”