Post: Guardiola passed away without a youth training player, worried that he would not be on the roster and would affect morale

 3:04pm, 26 June 2025

The Post reported that Manchester City coach Guardiola canceled the plan to bring 10 youth training players to the United States to participate in the Club World Cup. He was worried that this would cause too many people to be unable to enter the roster and thus affect the team's morale.

British media said that with the arrival of a series of new players, Manchester City's transfer business will mainly shift to selling players. Manchester City ball director Begiristan will leave after the game, and Viana will take the helm alone.

There are seven weeks left before the start of the Premier League. Currently, Manchester City has 27 players going with the team, while Galish, McCarty and the injured Kovasic are in other places. Obviously, the lineup is too complicated and needs to be simplified.

For Guardiola, he prefers a compact team. It is understood that he canceled the plan to bring 10 youth training young players to the United States, worried that this would cause too many people to be on the game day roster. The original plan was to allow unselected players to train during the game (but not play), but Guardiola clearly believes that this will affect morale.

From the perspective of actual operation, Manchester City cannot maintain such a huge lineup. Apart from Guardiola's own idea of ​​keeping the millionaires satisfied, although the current lineup meets the Premier League regulations, it does not meet the requirements in the Champions League. Manchester City has too many foreign players, and too few local players.

According to regulations, clubs can only register up to 17 foreign players in league and European competitions. This complicated the situation for Vitor Rez, Echeviri, Savignho and Husanov, the last four international players signed. They can register in the league, but not in the Champions League, because Manchester City basically has 21 players competing for 17 places.

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