Pep Guardiola said the Premier League has rejected Manchester City’s request to delay their start to next season in spite of their Club World Cup defence
Pep Guardiola has revealed the Premier League has rejected Manchester City’s request to delay their start to next season in order to allow players more time to recover from the Club World Cup. City are set to take part in the tournament in the United States next summer, which could see them end their current campaign in mid-July.
Fifa insist participating teams must take their strongest squads to the 32-team competition, which starts on 15 June and takes place over 29 days, amid concern clubs could rest senior players after a gruelling season. “What is the strongest players? Which ones? If Fifa would tell me, for them, which players are stronger than the other ones. I don’t understand that,” Guardiola said. “We’ll go with all the squad there, we don’t go for one game.
“Maybe the strongest player for them is in a really bad condition for many reasons: personal, professional, niggles, injuries. And we are going to play other ones. I’m not going to say before the game which player to play. I will decide, that’s for sure.”Kevin De Bruyne will again be absent for Saturday’s visit of Fulham due to a pelvic injury. As well as missing this month’s international break, he has asked Belgium to omit him from next month’s Nations League games in order to rest.
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