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

Manager unhappy leaving multiple players ‘in the freezer’‘Make a shorter squad, I will stay,’ Guardiola saysPep Guardiola has threatened to resign from Manchester City if the club do not reduce the size of the squad over the summer. A number of first-team players did not make the squad for the 3-1 win against Bournemouth on Tuesday night and the head coach is unhappy with leaving so many out.Abdukodir Khusanov, Savinho, James McAtee and Rico Lewis all had to watch on as City secured victory to move up to third in the Premier League. It shows the depth available to Guardiola but he has always preferred to work with a smaller group of players. Continue reading...

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