Pep Guardiola tells Manchester City to reduce squad size or ‘I will quit’

With the end of a disappointing season approaching at Manchester City, striking developments have started to take place for the planning of the new season.

Speaking after the win over Bournemouth, manager Pep Guardiola said that the team should play with a narrower rotation next season and made a demand from the management.

Guardiola's words are as follows;

“I told the club I don't want a bigger squad, I don't want to leave five or six players on the ice, I don't want that, I'll resign. Make a smaller squad, I will stay. It is impossible for my soul to tell my players in the stands that they cannot play.

“Maybe for three, four months we couldn't pick 11 players, we didn't have defenders, it was very difficult. Next season can't be like this. As a manager I can't train 24 players and every time I select I have to keep four, five, six players at home in Manchester because they can't play. That's not going to happen. I told the club, I don't want that.”