“When you are not fit and your weight is not proper, danger is coming”.
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About his team’s overall preparation, he said: “I’m very happy with the squad we have, in the way they train and play”. And all the heavy food is not allowed.
We’re going to kill our players.
“The nutritionist is the boss”.
Speaking after City beat Borussia Dortmund on penalties in a friendly on Thursday, Guardiola said there’s “still a little bit of weight”. I like midfielders to play at centre back because they can play good passes. For me that is important…
However, the warning is in place as if the players want to feature for the 45-year-old, they’ll have to be at the peak of the powers both in terms of fitness and quality on and off the ball.
City have had a £40million bid for the England defender turned down by the Toffees, who want £50m.
“Last season he was injured and we want to avoid that”, the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona boss added. I would like to have more friendly games.
“We haven’t travelled here to China for just a holiday, we have travelled here to play games”, said Guardiola. “We need time and in the end we are going to do it. There are many things to improve”.
Bet365 make City 9/5 favourites for this one, with BVB 7/5 the underdogs.
The ECHO understands that Barnsley would receive 15% of any transfer fee the Blues finally agree on with City.
“Every manager has his own ideas”, he said. If they didn’t know it before, City’s squad know how hard they need to work under the new regime.
The heat in Shenzhen remains as it was in Beijing – baking – but there seems little chance of any similar heavy downpours.
Argentina striker Aguero came on as a half-time substitute to put City ahead in the 78th minute before Christian Pulisic scored with virtually the last kick of the game to send the match to penalties.
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Zabaleta’s agent is keen for the full-back to move, with Roma interested in taking him, and with Bacary Sagna having had an extended break after France’s run to the Euro 2016 final, Denayer could start the new season under Guardiola.
