Guardiola on Alvarez sale, Utd and returning City players

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Guardiola on Alvarez sale, Utd and returning City players  09/08/2024  CGA, Manchester City Academy, Manchester, UK

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00:00The game against Manchester United, which didn't go so well, even though tomorrow is a pre-season game,

00:08how important is it to win the match?

00:12Yeah, it is. Good morning to everyone, nice to see you again.

00:17Yeah, it's important, it's a final against United,

00:22but a part of that is to try to refine ourselves, step by step,

00:29our break for most of the players and seeing the young players,

00:36how they behave in a big stage, in a good game.

00:41And yeah, we go for it.

00:43You obviously didn't have the players who played a long time at Copa America and at the Euros with you in the United States.

00:52How many of those players will be available for tomorrow?

00:56And also, bearing in mind your season with the Club World Cup is going to go 48 weeks,

01:03how hard is it going to be for the players and also to make sure that they get adequate rest

01:13to be able to get through what is going to be the most arduous season of all?

01:17We try to give them the best rest as much as possible.

01:23We would like to give them more time, but it is what it is.

01:27We gave them a lot.

01:29All the players came back and England players and Roderick will come back next week.

01:36So we would like to give them what it is.

01:41And about the schedule, it's better not to think about the schedule.

01:45Let's not see the picture.

01:47What's next?

01:49Training session and step by step.

01:53Otherwise, oh my God, what is going to happen?

01:56It's just step by step, next game, and try to be smart enough to train the right amount of time.

02:09Be fresh in your mind, rotate the players as much as possible, and game by game we'll see what happens.

02:18Pep, good afternoon.

02:20This week the club has agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid for Julian Alvarez.

02:24I guess it's a lot of money, but was it just too much to turn down?

02:28What are your thoughts on that potential deal?

02:33First of all, I want to say the gratitude from Julian.

02:37I've been two years here, we won everything together.

02:40His contribution has been massive.

02:42Being part of the Start XI and not being part sometimes in certain moments.

02:48It was incredible.

02:50He has incredible love with the team for his behaviour.

02:53But, like I said many, many times with the players, he wants to leave.

02:59He won a new challenge.

03:01Atletico Madrid is a top, top club in Spain, in Europe.

03:06And when they suggested me through the club that he wants to leave, I said, it's okay if he wants to leave.

03:14Imagine staying here when he doesn't want to stay.

03:17But at the same time, we have to reach an agreement with both clubs.

03:21It's happened, both clubs are happy.

03:23I wish him all the best.

03:25I'm looking forward to seeing him back, to say bye to all of us.

03:28And yeah, nothing more than that.

03:31So it was a joy to work with him.

03:33I learned a lot from him, because the manager learned a lot with the players.

03:38And hopefully he can find what he was looking for.

03:43I think you've said that you would only go into the transfer market to replace a first-team player.

03:49Does this count as replacing a first-team player?

03:51What are the chances that you do bring someone in to replace you?

03:54I don't know yet.

03:56We talk every day, we see what happens.

03:58I don't know yet.

03:59Can happen, can not happen.

04:01I don't know.

04:02Can I ask you just one final one?

04:03Because today Wayne Rooney has said that you're the very best candidate to be the next England manager.

04:09I know it's something you've spoken about before.

04:11But I wonder what would need to happen for you to even consider that as a next stage in your career,

04:17to be the manager of England?

04:19I have to decide what I want to do with my life.

04:22I want to continue here.

04:24I want to take a break.

04:25I want to be on national teams or not.

04:28So many things.

04:30But of course, right now is the way, because I'm here.

04:36And as much as you write the competition, my energy rises again.

04:43So I'm fully, I would say, excited for the season, because I see things that I like.

04:49And we'll see.

04:50It's a new challenge.

04:52Like you were able to break our own record.

04:55We broke the last season's record, never had done it before.

04:59And now we'll see.

05:00We'll see what is the ambition of ourselves.

05:04And looking forward, come back all together and restart and see how we behave every day.

05:11Hi Pep.

05:12Pep, the situation with Julian Alvarez, was it a conversation where he wanted to play more first-team football?

05:18I know he played a lot of football last season, but with Erling Haaland being fit every single week,

05:23it was going to be difficult to play possibly both of the players at the same time.

05:26Was that one of the reasons why he wanted the move?

05:29I don't know.

05:30I don't know the reason why.

05:31He said to me it was a new challenge.

05:33He feels that it's what he has to do.

05:37Last season he played a lot and in some moments played with Erling as well.

05:42But I understand in certain moments, important moments, maybe he thought he wasn't going to play.

05:47And I respect a lot.

05:48So the decisions of the players, I said many times, I'm a part of the club.

05:53I said to the club many times.

05:55At the end, the club has the end decision.

05:57But I'm not the person.

06:00I like to say to the players what they have to do.

06:03The contract is nice.

06:04You have a contract, but the contract can be broken.

06:08If you are not happy, why should you be here?

06:10You can be here.

06:11When you believe the happiness is around, it's around another corner, you have to go there to take a look.

06:16As much as they take an agreement with the clubs, it's not as simple as it looks like.

06:22I want to leave, I leave.

06:23No.

06:24You have to negotiate with the club because when we hire you, we negotiate with your former club.

06:29It's as simple as that.

06:30But it's the same.

06:32He believes his period here must be over.

06:37OK.

06:38So both clubs arrive in agreement and that's all.

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