Guardiola dismisses claims FFP charges will effect City form in Autumn

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Guardiola dismisses claims FFP charges will effect City form in Autumn  23/08/2024  CGA, Manchester City Academy, Manchester, UK

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00:00You're a human being, your players are human beings,

00:02all the people at the club are human beings,

00:04so in that context, with the charges against the club about to be heard this autumn,

00:10is it something you've had to address with your players to try and keep it out of their minds?

00:13Because as I say, as human beings, they may be wondering how this could affect the club and their standing,

00:20so have you felt the need or will you feel the need to speak to them about this and say,

00:23look, just forget about them?

00:25To talk about?

00:26The charges against the club which are going to be heard this autumn.

00:29Oh, charges, yeah.

00:32Yeah, I'm eager and happy to start soon and hopefully finish soon,

00:36for the benefit for all of us, especially for the club,

00:39but for all the other Premier League clubs,

00:41like for all the people that don't wait the sentence.

00:46So I wish, I wish with the tip of my heart and go to the trail,

00:51the independent panel, and I said again, independent panel,

00:55and as soon as possible, release what happened,

00:59and we will accept like always we have done.

01:02Are you concerned it could affect your players' performances?

01:04Well, we are in three or four years talking about that.

01:06But now it's coming to a head, I mean, so now it's sort of clear.

01:08That's good, I know it's going to happen, we accept it,

01:11and focus in Ipwystown and after West Ham,

01:14international break and Brentford, Arsenal, Champions League and so on.

01:20I can give you all the calendar, it's in my mind.

01:23Hi Pep, with Ilkay coming in,

01:26do you see him as a player who could possibly play the same role

01:29that Rodri plays at the base of midfield?

01:31Because obviously he's spoken a lot in the summer,

01:33hasn't he, about that need for a racer?

01:35What I said can play in the position of Rodri, like Kovac,

01:38like Nico, like maybe Mateus alongside someone else.

01:42John and Manu can play alongside another one in the position of Rodri,

01:47and Gundo can play for attacking midfield.

01:49He's a guy who closes the box, he's good, can play with a false nine.

01:52So he's a player who can play in different roles

01:57because he's defined as a football player.

02:01So no, no, I play as a right-back, no, I play as a left-back,

02:03I play as a central defender.

02:05No, no, he's a football player, and football player means understand.

02:08It depends on the position I play, understand what you have to do.

02:11And Gundo has these qualities.

02:14And on Rodri, you said he's not back in training yet.

02:17Is that due to injury, or is that due to him...?

02:19No, it's OK. He had an injury with the national team,

02:23and he still has some niggles.

02:25But it's the last part, it's training.

02:28I saw yesterday quite highly, I would say,

02:32and it's just a question of, I think, days

02:35that he'll be rejoining the group to make training sessions.

02:42So Erling talked about, after the game on Sunday,

02:45that he said that you want him to be more involved

02:49when we talked about his involvement in the game.

02:51Can you talk a little bit about what exactly you have talked about?

02:55No.

02:59I like when he touches the ball.

03:01I like when he scores goals, definitely, if he's wrong.

03:04But I like when, in the right moment,

03:07he can drop in and keep in and make analysis,

03:10and be involved in the situation.

03:12I see him fit much, much better than last season in these stages,

03:17and that is the most important thing.

03:19It's known I have one game a week, so the recovery is easier.

03:22But after the international break, I started a crazy schedule,

03:25and that's why we'll see what happens.

03:27He talked about a million-dollar question also,

03:31about the game against Chelsea.

03:33If he wants to be more involved or not, does he want to?

03:37Do you have a good answer to this million-dollar question?

03:43No. Listen, football, the most difficult position is the early position.

03:47Striker gets surrounded by two central defenders, three.

03:51Most of the time, most central defenders before may switch across,

03:55so when the ball is in the sides, they go to help the full-backs.

03:58Few teams, now there are two players, three players in him,

04:01so it's not easy to find the spaces.

04:04But he's patient, and what I'm saying, when you feel the spaces is here,

04:08you have to move in that way, dropping, you have to.

04:10You have the ability to keep the ball and play,

04:13and we cannot forget he's still a young player, 23, 24 years old,

04:16he has a margin to play, and he's open-minded to do it.

04:22Hi, Pep. Just going back to Gundogan,

04:24you obviously bumped into him in Orlando the other week.

04:27Sorry?

04:28You met each other in Orlando the other week before the match.

04:32When? Oh, yeah.

04:34I just wondered what his mood was like that day when you saw him.

04:39I didn't even notice a gesture or something like,

04:42you know, how I miss Manchester.

04:47Absolutely, he told me I'm really good, I'm happy,

04:51and just come back for the holidays, start training, and the season.

04:56I know Hansi Flick, the manager, is really good.

05:00Just talk about family, how is life, and that's all.

05:05Can I just ask what the impact, Gundogan re-signing,

05:10the impact that might have on some of the other midfielders,

05:13so someone like James McAtee, have you had any thoughts?

05:16Everyone stay here.

05:18We don't have a dead-dead squad, we have 19, 20, 21 players,

05:23so not much young players like Nico,

05:26and now the situation for Oscar until December, January,

05:29he will not be here with us.

05:31No, no, nothing changed. A lot of games, everyone had to fight.

05:34The impact will depend on how he plays.

05:36If he plays good, the impact will be good.

05:38If he plays not good, the impact will not be good.

05:40So I know him a little bit.

05:46As a manager, I'm not a big, big fan to re-sign players at this age.

05:50I'm not a big fan of that.

05:54But I know Guadalupe, and I know his mentality is in the right position.

05:59He's a huge competitor, and with the financial situation for the transfer,

06:05he left free, he came back free, so that's normal.

06:09So we talked about that.

06:11I said, OK, we can do it if we can,

06:14because now there's negotiations between clubs, it's not my business.

06:18And the salary as well, so I don't know.

06:21If it happens, we have to try it.

06:24Just quickly on the ladyship element of Gundogan,

06:29did you miss a bit of that last year, the sort of quiet leadership?

06:33The season last season was quite good.

06:35Yeah, but he's a different kind of leader though, isn't he, to some of the others?

06:40No, everyone is everyone.

06:43For example, Kevin is an excellent leader.

06:46He doesn't talk much before the game, in the half-time or during the day,

06:50but he's an incredible leader, and express, proving.

06:55One of the most influential players ever in history is Kevin,

06:59and it's definitely leadership.

07:01Everyone expresses, and Gundo is respected because he's such an intelligent man,

07:06and he's honest in his analysis.

07:11He puts the team and the club in front of his performance itself,

07:16and he knows exactly when to play good and play bad.

07:19He reads perfectly what's going on, what's happened.

07:22You know, having these type of players on the pitch when the situation is bad,

07:26even responsibility, he feels the pressure really well,

07:29it doesn't matter what happens.

07:31He's incredibly happy with what we've noticed since he's arrived.

07:36Shoes on and go on.

07:40Hi, Pep.

07:41With Ilkay coming back so quickly, and the situation that Raheem finds himself at Chelsea,

07:45do you think it shows that perhaps the players you ask to leave here

07:48don't always find a better situation at these other clubs?

07:52Every situation is completely different.

07:54I don't know.

07:56So when you take a decision, you have to take it that it's the best for the club,

08:00for the players especially, and what happens in the future, nobody knows.

08:04Who knows how it's going to happen with Ilkay now in the next year or two years?

08:10Nobody knows.

08:11We expect the best, but I don't know when the people leave, expect the best.

08:14So when we try to do our best for the players, we have to deliver the best for the club.

08:20It always depends on the players, so that's what we try.

08:23Create a good environment, good vibes in the locker room, be connected,

08:29create a team, be connected.

08:31When I hear most of the players with their wives go together, go out for dinners,

08:37they make a lot of gatherings together, they win a lot of points,

08:41these kind of aspects, and we have a really, really good group of people.

08:47Because even Ilkay, I think in his quotes, someone who's so experienced,

08:50and he seems like quite a measured guy, spoke about not really appreciating

08:54what you have here until you go somewhere else.

08:57It feels like quite a warning to someone else who might come to you and say they want to...

09:00Well, it sometimes happens in our lives, in every profession it happens, no?

09:05But I don't know.

09:07Only I can say that Ilkay, when we spoke yesterday and the day before a little bit,

09:11but yesterday, the experience of being in Barcelona is unforgettable for him.

09:17It was ups and downs, I know Barcelona's situation is different than years ago.

09:21New stadium, it's not Camp Nou, playing Montjuïc, it's different situations,

09:25everything in little details happens.

09:27But his experience, personally, for his future, maybe as a manager or future,

09:31whatever, has been top.

09:36Hi Pep, just on Ilkay again, sorry.

09:38Has he actually trained with the squad yet, or will today?

09:41No, yesterday was medical and commercials and city TV and all this kind of stuff.

09:49From your conversations with him, starting this week,

09:52what kind of assurances have you got that he is determined,

09:56and like you said, this won't be a...

09:58No, I spoke with Lloren and he said, no, I'm fine, I'm okay.

10:01Medical test was brilliant and he's skinny.

10:05I think he's fit, so yeah.

10:08I think we don't have a lot of players, so maybe we'll be in the squad.

10:13Today we'll be training, we'll train with us and we'll see,

10:16smell, how does he feel.

10:19In terms of his mentality, your conversations with him,

10:22have led you to believe that he's fully...

10:24There's no doubt about that.

10:26He's a huge competitor.

10:29Hi Pep, Ilkay had two years left on his contract at Barcelona,

10:33he signed for one year here.

10:35Was that the club preferring one year or him?

10:38It was one plus one, I think so.

10:43When he was here last, he was obviously an automatic choice

10:47for playing all the biggest games.

10:50You clearly had a successful season last year.

10:53Does he return as a starter, do you see, or more as a squad player?

10:58Let me know how he behaves.

11:01How he trains, how he plays.

11:03If he's going to play tomorrow and the next game, let me see.

11:09If he doesn't perform well, we'll play another one.

11:12We have Fielder, we have Kevin, we have Bernardo, we have Rodriguez,

11:16we have Kovac, we have Mateos, we have Maka.

11:19So, we have to perform.

11:22Because we know his potential, I know everybody knows it.

11:28Seven years here, all the fans, myself, the maids, how good he is.

11:32But he has to deliver everything, every single day.

11:35That's why the club sustains him on top.

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