“He made a lot of Errors in the Manchester City Vs Aston Villa defeat that was the reason why he didn’t played yesterday”- Pep Guardiola have coated stirs online after Key City player didn’t play despite being fit
Pep Guardiola has said that if England defender Kalvin Phillips leaves Manchester City in January, the club may need to find a new player.
Phillips, who is 28 years old, is likely to leave Manchester City next month to find regular first-team football. He hasn’t been able to break into Guardiola’s team in the 18 months since moving from Leeds for £42 million.
Guardiola said he wasn’t thinking about the January transfer market, but that could change if he doesn’t have enough players in the middle of the pitch. City has had trouble when Rodri isn’t there because of an injury or ban.
Guardiola said, “Right now I don’t have anything in my mind.” If they leave or don’t leave, it will depend. Some people stay and some people leave. It depends on the team, what young players are like, and whether you can count on them at times.
Guardiola seemed to confirm last week that Phillips would not be able to turn things around at City when he said, “I picture the team and I have a little trouble seeing him (in it).”
Several teams have been linked with a move for the Yorkshireman in January.
When asked directly if Phillips’ position could change things for City, Guardiola said, “Kalvin is a player with us, I don’t want to expect anything at all.” Everyone knows what’s going on with him.
If it happens, it will depend. We’ll talk if it does happen. It’s hard to do business in January…”We still have great things to play for, and after we make up our minds,”
City won all three of their titles last season, so next week will be the first time in their history that they play for the Club World Cup.
The team is going to fly to Saudi Arabia after their game against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Erling Haaland and the hurt Kevin De Bruyne are going to make the trip no matter if they are healthy enough to play.
“We’ve never won this cup before, and everyone will be there,” Guardiola said.
“I don’t want the players to be desperate to win. I want them to play two games, win the first one, and now they’ll be ready for the final.” If we don’t win it this time, we should win the Champions League next time so we can come back. We need to play two football games.
“The Champions League taught us a lot.” You never know what will happen in life. The drive and the feeling that we’ve never won is important. You can win more if you win. It would help a lot to beat Palace.
Guardiola told his team not to think about anything other than Saturday’s game, no matter how tempting the prize next week is.
He told them, “This is my job, I will warn them or let them know.” “Taking on Roy Hodgson or Patrick Vieira before has always been hard; Crystal Palace have always been tough.”
“The physicality is amazing, and everyone has to do their part to play quickly, be patient, and do well on second balls, transitions, and set pieces.” We always have trouble.
“It happens all the time at Selhurst Park, but we do better there than at the Etihad.” We lost a lot of points because of it; they’re very good at it.
