Guardiola revealed after the 3-0 win over West Ham on Saturday that all his players weighed themselves on Friday.
He Manchester City technical director, Pep Guardiola, has warned his players what if exceed during the Christmas holidaysthey run the risk of being excluded from the call for the next game against Nottingham Forest.
Guardiola revealed after the 3-0 victory over the West Ham on Saturday that all of his players weighed in on Friday.
They are scheduled to be weighed again when return to training on Christmas Dayy Guardiola He stated that he will be very attentive to the results before choosing the squad to face the Nottingham Forest on December 27.
“All the players were weighed (on Friday),” he said Guardiola. “They return on the 25th and I will be there monitoring how many kilos they have gained. The moment they arrive after three days (of rest), I want to see how they come back.
“They can eat, but I want to control them.
“I have to make a selection for the match against Nottingham Forest. Imagine that a player, who is now perfect, arrives with three extra kilos. will stay in Manchester. “He will not travel to Nottingham Forest.”
He City es second in the Premier League table, two points behind the leader, Arsenal.
Despite the comfortable victory over West Ham and to be well positioned in the league, Guardiola He noted that some aspects of the match “were not good.”
In response, the City coach canceled a day off scheduled for this Sunday and, instead, reduced the players’ rest to three days.
“The players asked me for a day off (this Sunday), I told them no, because they didn’t play well enough,” he said. Guardiolawho plans to spend his Christmas holidays in Barcelona.
“(Sunday) recovery, training for those who didn’t play, and after three days of rest, they have two days to prepare for Nottingham Forest.
“The calendar is very tight and the players have to disconnect. They have to be with their families and forget about football.”
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