Pep Guardiola sends warning to players on rotation policy

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May 3, 2021

Sergio Aguero told to snub Premier League transfer — Bildbyran

Sergio Aguero asked not to join a Premier League rival when he leaves Man City.

City’s all-time record goalscorer will leave Etihad at the end of this season ending his 10-year association with the club.

Aguero needs one more goal to equal Rooney’s record of goals for a single club.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson believes Aguero should move abroad and steer away from joining any Premier League club in the summer.

“No I don’t know if I’d like to see him play for another club,” Hodgson said.

“When you’ve been such an incredible servant for the club as he has been, and you’ve reached the legendary status that he has reached, that would put him in the same sort of category as a Gerrard, a Lampard – these type of players, really. Wayne [Rooney] only went to play for Derby as a player/coach. I’d like to put him in that category where they get associated with one club.

“I think there’s going to be loads and loads of takers for Sergio Aguero, but I think it would be a pity in some ways if he decides to leave Man City to go to another club in the Premier League because he really should treasure the status that he’s built up at Man City. Not only with his goalscoring but also with his record of appearances.”

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Pep Guardiola declares love for departing Sergio Aguero

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May 2, 2021

Pep Guardiola declares love for departing Sergio Aguero — Bildbyran

Sergio Aguero still has a big role to play at the Etihad.

City’s all-time top goalscorer is leaving the club at the end of this season ending his 10-year spell with the Cityzens.

Aguero scored a crucial goal against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon which equalled City’s own Premier League record of 11 straight away wins at Selhurst Park.

Pep Guardiola believes that the Man City legend still has a significant role to play in the remainder of the season.

“He is an absolutely top legend, an extraordinary player,” Guardiola said.

“The most humble and nicest human being. It’s not easy to find, normally – the top quality players pretend to be …

“He was confident, could create difficult situations. When one guy is beloved the way he is by all our fans not just for scoring a thousand million goals, the people realise you can’t hire (that).

“That’s why, this season we took a difficult decision, especially because he was injured a year, and next season we need to make another step to maintain this level for a longer time.

“But what he has done for this club will remain forever. He will help us in the Champions League and Premier League, to finish it.

“It’s not easy to find a player like him with this amount of numbers and achievements, with his personality.”

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Pep Guardiola prepares Man City for Premier League title

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May 1, 2021

Guardiola wants Liverpool to sort matters after fan spits at Man City bench — Bildbyran

Pep Guardiola wants the squad to take incredible opportunity at Crystal Palace.

Man City will be crowned three times in four years if they manage to beat the Eagles on Saturday and Liverpool beat Man United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Guardiola believes this a very tedious job for the squad as they are facing their sixth away game in a row.

Guardiola said: “Let me travel to London this afternoon, try to wake up good tomorrow and try to win the game.

“The rest we cannot control. It is a tough job. Crystal Palace has always been so difficult for us, I don’t remember an easy game when we play against them.

“United are an extraordinary team. They’ve arrived in their best form of the season in the last two months.

“We need five points to be champions. Tomorrow (Saturday) we have an incredible opportunity to make this next step. Once we win this game, if it happens, we will think about what will happen.

“Now I cannot explain about the feelings in the future because I haven’t experienced it.”

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Harry Kane Almost Certain To Leave Spurs For Manchester City Or United

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April 30, 2021

Harry Kane Almost Certain To Leave Spurs For Manchester City Or United

Harry Kane’s time at Tottenham Hotspur is close to being over.

🗣 “It’s been a disappointing season.”
🏆 “I want to be winning the biggest prizes.”

Harry Kane reflects on #THFC‘s season so far and reveals his ambitions for the future…🔮pic.twitter.com/oDKAtWEcPn

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 28, 2021

The striker has very clearly outlined what he wants to achieve in the remainder of his career. At 27, he is at the peak of his profession and has yet to win a silverware with Spurs.

In response to Kane’s quotes, former Spurs midfielder, Jamie O’Hara told talkSPORT, “After that statement, he’s obviously going to leave. I can see him going to one of the Manchester clubs.

“I can see him at City and United. As a Spurs fan, selfishly, I’d love him to stay, I’d love him to be at the football club because he’s just so professional. It’s so great what he’s done.

“But you cannot begrudge him leaving because watching that final, we were miles off it. We’re miles away from winning a trophy.

“I just can’t see us competing at the level he wants to be. You have to let him go.

“This is his big move. It’s the one move where he can go for a lot of money. I’d love to see him go and play for Real Madrid. He’d do great. But I just think he will be at a Manchester club.”

Pep Guardiola Has No Plans Of Changing Manchester City’s Identity Against PSG

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April 29, 2021

Pep Guardiola Has No Plans Of Changing Manchester City's Identity Against PSG

Manchester City will stick to their identity in return tie against PSG, Pep Guardiola stated.

After beating the Ligue 1 champions 2-1 in the first leg, Guardiola will be aiming to win the tactical battle with Mauricio Pochettino once again in Manchester.

He said, “We started well in the opening minutes, but after that we conceded a goal. We did not play in the necessary way in this competition in the 1st half, loosely. But it is not easy vs PSG, as soon as you lose the ball Neymar, Di Maria or Mbappé are threatening you.

“We were more aggressive after, better with the ball, we were able to move the game and we return to Manchester with a good result. In fact, we did not change much at half-time, I just said to the guys: ‘Play football, demonstrate your personality, if we lose, we lose, but do it by being ourselves.’

“They wanted to do it but they were not able to do it because we were more aggressive. If you let Verratti or Marquinhos find Neymar it is more complicated, but in the second half we did not let them breathe. They could perhaps innovate, but you know, we want to play with our personality to make the final. That is what we have to do.”

Neymar and Mbappe are giving nightmares claims Guardiola

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April 28, 2021

Neymar and Mbappe are giving nightmares claims Guardiola — Bildbyran

Neymar and Mbappe has kept Pep Guardiola awake at night.

Manchester City faces PSG in the first-leg semi-final of the Champions League at Parc des Princes on Wednesday night.

Pep Guardiola hasn’t won a Champions League since 2011 and believes it would be a heavy task to stop PSG superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

He said: “I believe that with the amount of quality that these players have, there are no defensive strategies to stop them.

“They are too good. I tried to sleep well last night – I slept well when I was not thinking of them. That is the reality.

“They are incredibly top top players, that is why they play in that team with the quality they have.

“We are going to try to stop them – and the way we are going to do that is to defend well altogether as a team and play good football as a team and try to score goals.

“Of course we have to adjust something a little bit when we play against those players.

“But at the same time we will have no sense (of fear). We fought too hard to arrive at this stage for just the second time in our history for these players not to be who we are.

“We will try to impose ourselves, to be who we have been in these five years together. I am sure we will try to be ourselves and get the result we need for the second leg.”

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Pep Guardiola hailed as the ‘best coach’ by Pochettino

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April 27, 2021

Pep Guardiola hailed as the 'best coach' by Pochettino — Bildbyran

Former Spurs manager Pochettino praises Guardiola ahead of Champions League clash.

Mauricio Pochettino and Pep Guardiola have never seen eye to eye but the former Spurs manager hails Guardiola as the ‘best manager’ in the world.

Pochettino once labeled Guardiola as disrespectful for referring Tottenham as the ‘Harry Kane team’.

Both the managers lock horns to renew their rivalry in the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday.

‘For me, he is the best,’ said Pochettino, 49. ‘I admire him and think he is doing a fantastic job not only at Manchester City but in Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

‘He is an amazing, intelligent coach, always thinking of different strategies and game-plans. I love to challenge him and the teams he prepared.

‘Not only the best manager. The club is important, too. A club that trusts you to build a team and provides you with all the tools to be successful. That is the combination at Manchester City between Pep, the coaching staff, the club, the board, everyone.

‘They create an amazing structure, very solid, and a very clear idea of how they need to act to be successful.’

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Raheem Sterling Earned Manager’s Praise For Cup Final Showing

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April 26, 2021

Raheem Sterling Earned Manager's Praise For Cup Final Showing

Raheem Sterling might once again have made it into Pep Guardiola’s good books.

After a dreary performance against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, the England international seemed to have redeemed himself on Sunday.

Manchester City ran out 1-0 winners over Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup final. Sterling and the rest lifted their first silverware of the season with more expected to follow.

“Amazing [performance],” Guardiola said at his post-match press conference. “He showed the opponent we came here to win the game in the first actions. He was incredibly aggressive.

“[Serge] Aurier is a fast defender and they are incredibly good at defending the shot and the blocks. [Hugo] Lloris made some incredible saves but he was brilliant.

“We have no doubts of that, the mentality is great, he trained well and he made an incredible performance. He deserves it, he created a lot of chances and made a couple of assists for Ilkay [Gundogan]. All the players were brilliant.”

Manchester City Lucky To Have A Captain Like Fernandinho

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April 25, 2021