According to the Sky Sports Transfer Centre (see 15:46), Pep Guardiola has confirmed Manchester City are chasing transfer deals for Schalke winger Leroy Sane and Everton defender John Stones.
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“I don’t like to complain”.
He revealed that the club were making a frantic push to line up an English Championship or non-league club for a friendly next week to replace the lost Beijing game. We’re going to kill our players. “But we have to adapt”. It is what it is.
Pep Guardiola fears football’s gruelling calendar is at risk of “killing players” as he admitted Manchester City are “far away” from being the team he firmly expects them to become under his management. “The pitch is the most important thing”. “Instead of giving 100 percent you give 110 per cent just because it’s a new manager and you need to show yourself”.
The Premier League giants locked horns in the pre-season International Champions Cup in a match which was more remarkable for its clumsy fouls than free-flowing football.
Elsewhere, Palmeiras striker Gabriel Jesus, part of the Brazil squad for the Rio Olympics, is another player who could also cost in excess of £20m as Guardiola continues his overhaul of the squad he inherited from Manuel Pellegrini last month. You never know what’s going to happen – it depends on the coach and me.
It looked as though City would claim the triumph in regulation time when David Silva and Sergio Aguero – off the bench and featuring for the first time since last season – combined for the latter to open the scoring in the 79th minute in China. You don’t have time to rest.
Given his preferred style of play, which includes a relentless work ethic to win possession back quickly, Guardiola will undoubtedly want his entire squad in great condition for the new campaign in order to effectively carry out his ideas. We start in two weeks.
“We try to organise”.
“Maybe we play one friendly game next week in our centre”.
“We saw in Munich and here as well what I want to see – we were aggressive without the ball”.
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When asked if he was pleased with Nasri’s progress, Guardiola said: “I can not have any complaints about the team”.
