Pep Guardiola has warned his Manchester City players they will be exiled if they pile on the pounds and become overweight, writes David McDonnell in Shenzhen.
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The Spain worldwide played for the Catalans B team for three years, and was in the senior team for just a year.
And the Catalan is on the verge of becoming the first Premier League manager to break the £100 million barrier in this window with three more signings.
“If your weight is too high, you’re not training with the team”, said Clichy. “Guardiola, Wenger, Mourinho, Big Sam – any manager who comes into a new club will bring this thing for the first year at least, that all the players want to play harder and train harder”.
“We play football. It’s a job, and you have to take responsibility for what you do on the field”.
“He seems like he’s been wanting to come to the Premier League to showcase his skills for some time and I’m really excited to have him here now”.
The 19-year old Palmeiras, Gabriel Jesus, forward has been a hot property in the transfer market this season, with hosts of top European clubs like Real Madrid and Manchester United, also interested in the youngster’s signing.
Kompany wants to be fit for the start of the season, but Guardiola has told him he will only return when City’s medical team are satisfied he is ready.
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“The first three weeks have been awesome”.
“The goalkeepers need to be better with their feet, the centre-backs are improving, the full-backs are important, the centre midfield – he said something like if he could play 11 midfielders, he would play them, so I guess for a midfielder it’s unbelievable”.
“The most important thing for Vincent is to get fit”, Guardiola said at a news conference.
The Ivorian is determined to stay and fight for his place under Guardiola – and the new manager’s regime has been embraced by the players he inherited from Manuel Pellegrini.
“The manager has a lot of different systems and it is all about learning different positions”.
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“I can see we have a good team and we can do anything”.
