{"id":11782,"date":"2025-06-21T19:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pep-guardiola-warns-manchester-city-departures-to-avoid-sad-players\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T19:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:48:47","slug":"pep-guardiola-warns-manchester-city-departures-to-avoid-sad-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-warns-manchester-city-departures-to-avoid-sad-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola warns: Manchester City departures to avoid &#8220;sad&#8221; players"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Guardiola to Reduce Manchester City Squad<\/h2>\n\nManchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hinted that he will reduce the size of his squad before the end of the transfer market. The aim is to avoid having &#8220;sad&#8221; players next season.\n\nThe City has brought a squad of 27 players to the United States, including the new signings.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rayan Cherki<\/li>\n<li>Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri<\/li>\n<li>Tijjani Reijnders<\/li>\n<li>Marcus Bettinelli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nMateo Kovacic was also included, but an Achilles tendon injury ruled him out of the tournament.\n\nSome notable players, such as Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, and James McAtee, are not present.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I would love to have all the players we have now for the whole season. I have no complaints about the players, how they behave. The problem is that they will be unhappy during the season. They will be sad, they will be disappointed. I don&#8217;t want that&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Pep Guardiola<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nGuardiola has expressed his preference for working with a squad of 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers. This would imply that at least three of the players who traveled to the United States would have to leave before the start of the Premier League in August.\n\nHe was specifically asked about the future of Ilkay G\u00fcndogan, who, according to sources, is being followed by Galatasaray.\n\nThe 34-year-old midfielder has one year remaining on his contract and faces increased competition for his position following Rodri&#8217;s return and Reijnders&#8217; arrival.\n\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything,&#8221; Guardiola said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t speak with him, and if he wasn&#8217;t part [of the team] he wouldn&#8217;t be here. But, at the same time, we have, at this moment, a long squad, too many players, so we can&#8217;t go with 26, 27 players this season because there would be more without playing, and step by step, maybe some players will leave. But right now, Ilkay is absolutely part of my mind and the team.&#8221;\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0621%2Fr1509621_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Ilkay G\u00fcndogan es uno de los jugadores vinculados a una posible salida del Manchester City este verano.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardiola to Reduce Manchester City Squad Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hinted that he will reduce the size of his squad before the end of the transfer market. The aim is to avoid having &#8220;sad&#8221; players next season. 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