Guardiola, who even self-inflicted due to sluggishness, should have recruited him in the late regret summer
Jan 14, 2025
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That was the regret of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Man City have been struggling this season. He has recently won three consecutive games and changed the atmosphere, but he has lost one win, three draws, and nine losses, including five consecutive defeats. It was the first humiliation since Guardiola's transformation as a coach for the fifth consecutive game. He seemed to be unable to escape the shock, including self-harm during the game. The prestige of winning four consecutive English Premier League titles for the first time in history last season has disappeared.
The cause is also a small squad. Guardiola prefers to form a squad based on smart players, with no more than 30 players. The problem was injury. Key resources were knocked down one after another, including key midfielder Rodri being out for the season. According to Transfer Markt, there have been 15 cases this season where Manchester City players have been absent due to injuries for more than two weeks. As the main players were unable to play due to injuries, no matter how strong Manchester City was, there was nothing we could do. It continued to defeat in a row and collapsed mentally.
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Guardiola told a news conference ahead of the game against Brentford that `last summer, the club had a plan to reinforce, but I said there was no need for more recruitment.' Then "I had a lot of trust in the existing players. I thought it would be possible again this time. However, the injury continued and he changed his mind. We should have recruited him in the summer."
Guardiola said "We knew that most of our players were in their 30s or older. I also knew that change was needed one day. I had to change little by little"5 to 6 months ago, these players won four consecutive EPL titles." But I didn't expect there would be so many injuries."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
