Kalvin Phillips: “West Ham away [in 2022], he [Pep Guardiola] literally told the Man City team in a meeting, probably two days before, how the game was going to play out.
[Guardiola] said: 'West Ham are going to start well, put us under pressure, and then we're going to have a little bit of time, get opportunities to get the ball to Kevin [De Bruyne], and then if Kevin plays it behind for Erling [Haaland] then we're more than likely going to score'.
He just mentioned different ways we could attack and how they're going to press us and you'd see it happen in real life. I was just sat there like, 'This is ridiculous'. I couldn't believe it. At one point I was gobsmacked, I just worked it out and I could see exactly what he was saying happening on the pitch.”
[Guardiola] said: 'West Ham are going to start well, put us under pressure, and then we're going to have a little bit of time, get opportunities to get the ball to Kevin [De Bruyne], and then if Kevin plays it behind for Erling [Haaland] then we're more than likely going to score'.
He just mentioned different ways we could attack and how they're going to press us and you'd see it happen in real life. I was just sat there like, 'This is ridiculous'. I couldn't believe it. At one point I was gobsmacked, I just worked it out and I could see exactly what he was saying happening on the pitch.”
Players whose contracts expire on June 30, 2025 will be allowed to extend their deals so they can play in the FIFA Club World Cup, as per Kaveh Solhekol. Kevin De Bruyne could take advantage if he has not yet extended his Man City contract, or if he has agreed a deal with another club.
FIFA will allow member associations of Club World Cup teams to open their transfer window from June 1-10, 2025 so new signings can be registered before the tournament starts.
FIFA will allow member associations of Club World Cup teams to open their transfer window from June 1-10, 2025 so new signings can be registered before the tournament starts.
Ilkay Gundogan: “I’m sure he [Pep Guardiola] wouldn’t have signed me if he didn’t think I could contribute and help Man City achieve good things this season.
Obviously I also have a point to prove, I didn’t come back just to enjoy it and sit back, I came to perform and to compete.
That’s what I want to do this season, and I want to help and contribute in the best possible way for this team’s success.”
Obviously I also have a point to prove, I didn’t come back just to enjoy it and sit back, I came to perform and to compete.
That’s what I want to do this season, and I want to help and contribute in the best possible way for this team’s success.”
Pep Guardiola on the banner organized by WeAre1894 asking him to stay at Man City: “They have to bring me the bill; I will pay for the banner! I don't want them to spend money for that reason!”
“I fell in love since the first day I was at Man City. What is going to happen [with his future] is going to happen.”
“I'm part of this club, deep inside of my bones, and the best way to defend the club is by winning games and doing my job as best as possible.”
“I fell in love since the first day I was at Man City. What is going to happen [with his future] is going to happen.”
“I'm part of this club, deep inside of my bones, and the best way to defend the club is by winning games and doing my job as best as possible.”
Pep Guardiola: “I'm going to defend my club because I trust, since the owner and especially the chairman for the relationship and CEOs and the all the people working here, for many, many years. I know them quite well, much more than any of you.”
“I'm part this club, I'm not just a manager, and always will be that way, because it cannot be different from the way they have treated me since day one, it's impossible. When you give something, and they give me a lot, the rest is the consequences. It's simple.”
“I'm part this club, I'm not just a manager, and always will be that way, because it cannot be different from the way they have treated me since day one, it's impossible. When you give something, and they give me a lot, the rest is the consequences. It's simple.”
Pep Guardiola on Man City's form against Fulham: “I don't like these questions! Don't tell me the last time we were defeated at home was Brentford, and after one minute, 0-1 down. Well, I would say every game you're 0-1 down against Brentford after the first minute.”
“Except Nathan [Ake], Kevin [De Bruyne], and of course, Rodri, and Oscar [Bobb], the rest are fine.”
“Except Nathan [Ake], Kevin [De Bruyne], and of course, Rodri, and Oscar [Bobb], the rest are fine.”
Pep Guardiola on Kevin De Bruyne's injury: “For tomorrow he's not ready... How can he go [with Belgium] when he didn't play one game [for Man City since injury]? I never understood that. But, anyway. He cannot play with us, he cannot play with Belgium.”
“He didn't say to me, I don't know when he's going to retire for the national team from Belgium. He didn't say that, to me. I don't know what's in the mind of Kevin. But for those games, he's injured, he's not available.”
“He didn't say to me, I don't know when he's going to retire for the national team from Belgium. He didn't say that, to me. I don't know what's in the mind of Kevin. But for those games, he's injured, he's not available.”
Pep Guardiola on FIFA's regulations for the Club World Cup insisting that teams MUST bring their 'strongest' squads: “What is the strongest players? Which ones? FIFA will tell me for THEM which players are stronger than the other ones? I don't understand that.”
“We will go all the squad there. We don't go for one game, right? So I don't know who is the competition itself right now, but we're not going with 11 players, we're going with the whole squad.”
“I don't understand how the selection of players is 'stronger' than other ones? I know! Stronger means in-form, and maybe the strongest for them is in really, really bad conditions! For many reasons; personal, physical, injuries, niggles, and we're going to play other ones.”
“I'm not going to be told before the games which players are going to play, I will decide, for sure!”
“We will go all the squad there. We don't go for one game, right? So I don't know who is the competition itself right now, but we're not going with 11 players, we're going with the whole squad.”
“I don't understand how the selection of players is 'stronger' than other ones? I know! Stronger means in-form, and maybe the strongest for them is in really, really bad conditions! For many reasons; personal, physical, injuries, niggles, and we're going to play other ones.”
“I'm not going to be told before the games which players are going to play, I will decide, for sure!”
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BREAKING: The Premier League rejected an approach by Man City to postpone "the first or second games" of the 2025/26 season to allow for more recovery/holiday after the FIFA Club World Cup, says Pep Guardiola.
Pep: “The Premier League say yes to US?! No! Absolutely not!"
Pep: “The Premier League say yes to US?! No! Absolutely not!"
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BREAKING: The Premier League rejected an approach by Man City to postpone "the first or second games" of the 2025/26 season to allow for more recovery/holiday after the FIFA Club World Cup, says Pep Guardiola. Pep: “The Premier League say yes to US?! No!…
Pep Guardiola: “After the [2025 summer] holidays, the Premier League didn’t allow us to postpone, with @Chealsea I think or all the teams that went to the World Cup, the first two games [of the 2025/26 season] to come back for recovery... THANK YOU SO MUCH.”
Pep Guardiola on Kyle Walker on the verge of 400 PL appearances: “I don’t have any doubts about his physicality. He can play whenever... I’m happy he’s back in the national team, and this milestone is unbelievable. His win rate is not spectacular, it’s superior.”
“How consistent, how many games you have to play, how few injuries, his physicality is out of the normal. Kyle has to be completely focussed to get the best of him.”
“How consistent, how many games you have to play, how few injuries, his physicality is out of the normal. Kyle has to be completely focussed to get the best of him.”