Pep Guardiola warned the aging core of Manchester City that you may have to leave the club if you are not physically able to cope with the increasing workload.
The city was plagued by an injury crisis all year round and recently lost the center-back duo Manuel Akanji and John Stones against fresh fitness problems, whereby the club with the best part of 65 million GBP took part in both vitor rice and Abdukodir Khusanov also to sign in the January transfer window.
In addition to injuries, City also had to fight with an aging core – 11 of his squad will be over 30 years old in September – which Guardiola does not believe that she can compete against younger, scale.
For those players who cannot play several games a week, Guardiola admitted that it can be time for them.
“This is a reality,” admitted Guardiola. “We have to sit down with the doctors, physios, the players, the agents and make it clear that some of them cannot play every three days every three or four days.
“So that’s the reality. There are another year [then] A world championship. “
Kevin de Bruyne picked out for a number of surveys. The injury-related 33-year-old was seen as one of the best midfielder in the world and was appointed on the bench for the recent defeat of the Champions League against Real Madrid and launched the Premier League over eleven times throughout the season.
When asked why De Bruyne did not start against City, Guardiola bluntly admitted: “It’s just a decision. It is about what I saw – for several reasons.
“Also Jeremy [Doku] Not played – the last game he played was Ipswich, he was incredible and after that he was injured. But maybe for the requirements of the way we have to play, we need more control for the lack of strength and physicality and not up and down. “