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Guardiola is furious and "forces the palace" supervisor: Appearance protects players, but actually requires cleaning useless people

5:51am, 23 May 2025【Football】

Guardiola got angry with the reporters again.

Manchester City's performance this season is very bad. Guardiola is indeed much "honest" compared to the past. If he can't achieve good results, he can only passively and keep a low profile. However, the season is about to be over, Guardiola is qualified to maintain the club's "bottom line results" (Champions League qualification). He will buy more new players in the future to improve his performance, so he has enough confidence.

This time he got angry with the reporters, which was unexpected. Guardiola's anger is his own person. After defeating Bournemouth 3-1, Guardiola said angrily: "I told the club that I don't want that (a huge lineup), I don't want five or six players to sit in the stands. I want to resign. If they don't reduce the lineup, I won't stay."

This wording is indeed ruthless, and it's all about resignation, which shows how much Guardiola attaches importance to this matter.

After that, Guardiola continued to explain: "My soul does not allow me to hand over the players to the stands. Now this happens because we have added 4 players. With 3-4 months, we lack guards and cannot choose 11 players. It's too difficult, and after that, the players emerged again." Guardiola talked about the winter transfer window, when they bought new players to improve their overall strength, temporarily giving them the opportunity to relieve stress. But then, he encountered trouble again.

Guardiola later said: "But this can't be like this next season. As a coach, I can't lead 24 people, and I have to keep 5-6 players in Manchester every time because they can't play. This can't happen again. I told the club that I don't want (this situation)."

According to news reports, after Guardiola bought new players in the winter transfer window, many of them got opportunities when they started and confirmed themselves, but then disappeared for no reason. For example, Husanov, who was highly expected to join Manchester City and scored good results, but unexpectedly, there was no chance later. Guardiola's conversation was clear to the supervisors. He asked them to help him work hard to complete the cleaning, reduce the number of players, and improve the strength of the game.

This corresponds to the news that Guardiola did not give De Bruyne a chance to renew his contract. For the Belgian master, he wanted and thought that the club would definitely renew his contract with him, but for the rest of his life, his value, contribution to the club, and his personal past are 100% worthy of this achievement. Unexpectedly, Guardiola did not give him a chance.

This also laid the foundation for the subsequent cleaning of many people.