Guardiola on fantastic Grealish and managing 48-week City season

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Guardiola on fantastic Grealish and managing 48-week City season - embargoed section  09/08/2024  CGA, Manchester City Academy, Manchester, UK

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00:00nine roll I don't know we have a ton teeth and we see if we need someone and

00:13we have we have a very very good players can play there and every play of course

00:17you Erling doesn't play his particular skills we don't have he's not this

00:25replacement but we have another alternatives and and we'll see until the

00:31end of the market if we really need you know when a striker for just in case

00:36make a backup from Erling but Erling is not going to play all the skills they

00:40have ahead of us and with all games he's not able to play all of them so that's

00:45why I have to think about it if you have another solution. Just on Erling you said

00:51last week I think it was the sooner or later he's gonna have to make a step up

00:55in training after you said he wasn't feeling comfortable is that is that a

01:01case of his injury at the time or do you think given what happened last year he

01:05may be not fully trusting his body possibly? No the last season injured was

01:09the bone in the knee in the feet so that's why it's not usual and muscular

01:16some needles but we can handle it really well since the right head I don't

01:20remember maybe a real injury for muscular issues but of course a lot of

01:25games I've seen for Danes and I said many times he's massive you know to

01:29recover from falling is much much quicker for him move his body you know

01:35that's why I take care of him differently what happened in the States

01:38he make a really one week here before travel to the tour in the United States

01:43of America and there have some needles and last game against Chelsea he felt

01:48you know better better and yeah we are going to take care of him like the other

01:55ones. Just ask with saying about kind of it takes him longer to recover how how

02:01difficult is that to manage when you've got someone that's a completely

02:04different stature to the two other players do you have to give him a

02:07slightly different program to follow? Yeah more indeterminable massage more

02:11take care of yourself I would like Garling to be focused 24 hours in his

02:16profession in the game and and after when we're the training depends on how

02:23he feels we have more or less you know good important when you have these

02:28schedules arrive in the best condition as possible at the moment of the game

02:34training sessions are not important. Important is just to be ready in the game

02:38when you have long weeks you have time the training sessions are so important

02:41when you have these 3-4 days at all it's just 5-10 minutes energy the game

02:47otherwise the human being cannot sustain that impossible we play 12 months

02:52arriving the last stages of the World Cup if at the end is being played it's

02:5612 month competition tell me one sport that make 12 months competition every

03:003-4 days international break I go to to see my dad in Barcelona okay to say how

03:07do you feel that but they go to the national teams and they play 2-3 more

03:10games so 12 months every 3-4 days no basketball no tennis no golf any sports

03:16can do that and isn't sustainable so that's why you have to it's what it is

03:21so breathe a smile and some fighting minutes the concepts and energy the game

03:28is the only solution I find if you want to the players will have seven players

03:33available we will train a lot seven players available so and rely on his

03:37incredible mentality relying his incredible capacity and understanding

03:41the game every game did a little detail in in the zone now we have these weeks

03:46this week we have to train but when you start after international break I would

03:50say in September everything for this game forget about it we are a beast

03:55office men I've got to get your view of the strength of the squad in general

04:01obviously you've signed one player but you're gonna lose Julián does that make

04:05the squad weaker now than it perhaps was 12 months ago well Sergio left like

04:11I want to say thank you so much to Sergio as well so I know it's not you

04:16have maybe the minutes he deserved but his contribution in the locker room and

04:19what he has done in the training sessions is one of the success we had in

04:23the last season especially last season the travel we had in last season we

04:27have incredible people accept his role and said he was I wish him the very best

04:31honestly the very best in real society can can can find his place and playing

04:37playing the minutes so he left and Julián left and came up Xabio, Nico Reilly

04:42and Makati so that is the situation right now and we'll see if we have to

04:47add someone else in the future does it concern you at all that the Arsenal

04:51have added quite an expensive defender Man United have spent money to bring in

04:53two players does it concern you?

04:55yeah many years have done it

04:57many years

04:59but it's no news

05:01it's just when City spent money

05:03it doesn't concern you ahead of a new season?

05:05of course I'm concerned for many years

05:07how good they are

05:09because every year they are better and better

05:11and getting better

05:13so we see Arsenal playing

05:15it's the same level as last season

05:17so the game against Leverkusen is

05:19they are on fire

05:21every year it looks like more and more difficult

05:23United will be back

05:25but players and everyone

05:27everyone won the crown

05:29that we have for four years

05:31so it's simple as that

05:33they understand it

05:35it's how we defended this crown

05:37how we have to do

05:39and we'll see

05:41I'm very pleased with the squad

05:43really pleased for the quality of the human being

05:45and the quality they have as players

05:47but I said

05:49no chance

05:51but this season maybe it's going to happen

05:53until the end of the market

05:55I don't know yet

05:57we have to talk and we'll see what happens

05:59hi Pep

06:01you said a minute ago

06:03that your energy levels had risen

06:05in the summer

06:07because you saw things that you liked

06:09from the team, from the squad

06:11just tell us what those things are please

06:13sorry

06:15you said that your energy levels had risen up

06:17in the summer

06:19I'm drained

06:21but arriving and starting with the guys

06:23the training sessions

06:25lose some games in pre-season

06:27what we can improve

06:29some things at home we can create differently

06:31we can do that

06:33maybe better for the quality of this player

06:35than the other one

06:37yeah, ok, let's go

06:39I don't have to run

06:41I'm all the time sitting

06:43so I can sustain that situation

06:45can I just ask you about

06:47Jack Grealish as well, seems quite a

06:49big season for him, obviously very disappointing

06:51for him not to get picked for the Euros

06:53how much do you sense that he's got that motivation

06:55now to get back to his best

06:57what I've seen so far

06:59one week here in the pre-season

07:01I love it

07:03and I don't care how we perform

07:05it's every training session

07:07it's commitment and he's trying

07:09and against Barcelona he can make

07:11five or six shoots and aggressive with the ball

07:13and go in there, that's all

07:15and I think his quality will do the rest

07:17I know he'll be father soon

07:19and he's so happy

07:21for that

07:23and only I ask

07:25to the players is that

07:27you like to play football right, so play

07:29leave your profession

07:31like do it and hopefully

07:33can sustain it until the end of the season

07:35and the rest compete like everyone

07:37with one place for the starting eleven

07:39on the positions

07:41for me it depends on him

07:43I'm not naive to choose

07:45because what I see

07:47what I see in behaviours

07:49and trainings and how you're performing

07:51as much as you do

07:53more chance you have

07:55Hi Pep

07:57over the summer obviously Stefan Ortega signed a new contract

07:59there was lots of talk about

08:01Edison potentially leaving

08:03you've always maintained that Edison is your first choice

08:05is that the same going into this season

08:07yeah it's a huge relief

08:09that Eddie

08:11and Stefan stay but

08:13Eddie scored

08:15eight years

08:17I cannot understand this unbelievable process

08:19that we have lived these many many years

08:21without Edison, impossible

08:23impossible

08:25his charisma

08:27and his consistency

08:29and

08:31you know replace the keeper

08:33is tricky

08:35to find the way we played and many things

08:37so

08:39I'm really pleased that he stays

08:41and Stefan of course congratulations

08:43he deserves to extend the contract

08:45not for the saving

08:47the Spurs for the two years have been here

08:49how good in the

08:51competition play and now they have to

08:53play for one position

08:55who I believe is better

08:57of course I have a lot of bias from Xabi

08:59because he knows

09:01he knows better than me

09:03how does he feel

09:05how can he give it

09:07but both

09:09the same with the rotation both of them

09:11is going to play a lot of minutes

09:13do you know who's playing tomorrow?

09:15Edison

09:19is Calvin Phillips a

09:21realistic centre back

09:23for tomorrow?

09:25is possible yeah

09:27is that his position now?

09:29he's a centre midfielder but

09:31Calvin likes to see all the game

09:33in front of him when he's in the middle

09:35surrounded for players struggle a little bit

09:37but

09:39he helped us a lot the last two games

09:41I should have realised before

09:43in the first two games playing that position

09:45and I think he's confident

09:47get back

09:49is his future to be

09:51it's here with us

09:53and

09:55like the same with maybe new players

09:57there are some cases

09:59we'll see what happens

10:03you've said you're really happy with the squad

10:05in terms of Rodri

10:07and if he ever can't play this season

10:09or when he needs a rest do you have a clear picture

10:11of what you can do

10:13this is what we're going to do when Rodri's not available

10:15we have Kovac

10:17we have Rico

10:19Nicorelli

10:21Joan Emmanuel

10:23alongside another player can adapt in that position as well

10:25so we have alternative and we see the market

10:27so

10:29if I have some

10:31concern or whatever I speak with Chiqui

10:33and we talk about that

10:35and we will see

10:37normally to be clear

10:39this club

10:41especially in Bayern

10:43and here as well

10:45the club

10:47bring me the players

10:49train them

10:51and bring them the best of them

10:53this is your job

10:55the club decide

10:57I make suggestions

10:59so is it still possible that you might sign somebody

11:01in that Rodri role

11:03not just a forward

11:05maybe

11:07can play forward

11:09can play in position

11:11attacking midfielder

11:13or winger can play forward

11:15or holding midfielder can play central defender

11:17central defender can help us to play in position

11:19Rodri we'll see

11:21we would not want

11:23having important players like Erling Haaland

11:25spend a lot a lot a lot of money

11:27to be

11:29play 2 games each 10 for example

11:31it's not sustainable

11:33so we have to be the balance

11:35I think if

11:37we need someone

11:39the price we have to buy

11:41otherwise it's no sense

11:43talking about Haaland earlier in terms of when he's not there

11:45you don't have the same thing

11:47does it make it hard now to buy a striker

11:49because everyone is going to go well

11:51Haaland plays

11:53they are right

11:55it doesn't matter with Erling

11:57I accept the role and I will compete with him

11:59because I'm better than him and I want to come

12:01we'll see

12:03that's why we see the leaders

12:05we see the chances at the end of the market

12:07they need to sell more than now for example

12:09so I don't know

12:11coming now to the market knowing that

12:13we make a good transfer in terms of financial issue

12:15with Julian

12:17the people are waiting with the red carpet

12:19to say come come come here

12:21you know that and that's why you have to

12:23see what happens

12:25because I think the club has done

12:27well in the past

12:29I would say many players

12:31didn't come just because we didn't want to

12:33pay what the club

12:37asked for that player

12:39so I think the club will continue to do

12:41what is fair

12:43we're going to do it

12:45Pep when you have won

12:47a competition four times in a row as you have with

12:49the league how do you make sure

12:51the players still have the same

12:53motivation to go and do it again

12:55does it come from you or does it have to come

12:57from them? I don't know yet

12:59I said before I have to see them when we're all together

13:01we talk about that but I don't know yet

13:03if it's for me I want to win tomorrow

13:05that's for sure and for them

13:07as well but at the end

13:09everything will finish

13:11if still they have desire

13:13personally

13:15not like a desire to

13:17in this season it's more the desire to

13:19can we be a better player?

13:21it's not the target of another Premier League

13:23you know

13:25these guys make a change we've won already many times

13:27six and seven years

13:29most of them have won six and seven years

13:31is there motivation? cannot be for that

13:33it has to be

13:35we are not good as penalty

13:37takers right?

13:39can we improve that?

13:41our keepers are not incredible

13:43can we improve that?

13:45short spaces

13:47can we improve that?

13:49when everyone can have the desire to

13:51get better and everyone

13:53it's not necessary to tell me

13:55the weaknesses that every player has

13:57is the motivation enough to

13:59in 5-10 minutes I can improve something

14:01of that

14:03we'll be there

14:05what we have done

14:07is really good

14:09nothing happens if we lose one season

14:11we'll be back next season and after that no chance

14:13but right now I don't know

14:15we've been together so far

14:17they arrived

14:19I saw Kevin

14:21Bernardo and Manu

14:23Ruben and Nathan

14:25two days

14:27they deserve the holidays

14:29I would have loved to give them more

14:31but they have to come back

14:33so at the end we have to start to play again

14:35thank you

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