City boss Guardiola on Bournemouth, Amorim appointment and injury crisis (Full Presser)

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on Manchester United's appointment of Ruben Amorim and the challenge of facing Bournemough ahead of their Premier League clash  Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00Excuse me, you said after the game at Tottenham that you were struggling in terms of injuries,

00:06could you just give us an update on the players who seem to get injured on Wednesday

00:12and whether any of them will be available?

00:14Tomorrow you will know it, you will see it for the least.

00:18I have many doubts, business cannot come, most of them, half-half, tomorrow you will know it.

00:26How difficult is it to work your way through these matches?

00:34Because a lot of people will look at your squad and not have a lot of sympathy,

00:39given you're top of the Premier League and you have all these great players.

00:44Are you sure people have no sympathy?

00:46Other people, other people.

00:48All right, surprise.

00:52It is what it is, so many clubs happen, we are not the exception,

00:55we are not the only club in the world that in this modern football have injuries.

00:59We have a lot in certain departments and certain positions, but it is what it is.

01:04I'm pretty sure, like I've said many times to the team,

01:10guys try not to feel sorry for ourselves, it's what it is.

01:13The challenge is that and we're going to play with 11 players tomorrow.

01:18And does it make it more likely that you might have to buy someone in January?

01:24No, because maybe in January we'll have all the squad fit, except Rodri.

01:27Maybe, I would say Oscar would be the last stages.

01:32Maybe we are more together, when we are all together, the squad is enough,

01:37it's complete, it's nice, it's top, but then everybody is completely focused and fit.

01:43But in certain moments of the season,

01:49I remember in the past, one year or two years ago, three years ago,

01:52I don't remember, Liverpool had a lot, a lot, a lot of injuries, a lot.

01:56And they struggle, but it's what it is.

01:59So we have to adapt and focus and win tomorrow.

02:06Good afternoon, Pep.

02:08It's hard to go to Bournemouth with a full squad, with the injuries you have.

02:13How hard is this game going to be?

02:15And have you been impressed with what Andoni Arraiola has done down there?

02:20It's the same what I said with Simon, so it's what it is.

02:24So we know the situation, what can we do?

02:28So try to recover as quick as possible, the players, and we'll see.

02:34Do you think there needs to be a wider conversation?

02:37Because you mentioned after this first game,

02:41it's the worst it's been in the nine years you've been here.

02:43But we have more Champions League, more European games,

02:46Nations League, expanded Club World Cup.

02:49Are we asking our top players to play too many games right now?

02:53And do we need to have a conversation about that?

02:55We knew it, we know it, and we will know it.

02:57So it's the reality, it's what it is.

03:00And we try to take care of them.

03:02We didn't do anything differently than the previous seasons.

03:05I would say we train less for the amount of games, for many reasons.

03:10But sometimes it happens, sometimes it happens.

03:12So there is no one person who says that is the reason why this arrived,

03:17because you get more injuries.

03:19We will work on it, but nobody knows it.

03:21So sometimes, unfortunately, it happens, and adapt.

03:27And just finally for me, it's potentially,

03:30depending on who you've got available,

03:32a chance for some of those young players like we saw against Spurs

03:35to come in and shine, like Jacob Wright, for instance.

03:38Yeah, it can happen.

03:43Good afternoon.

03:44How much faith do you have in the academy players?

03:46Because the way things stand at the moment,

03:47your bench might contain quite a few youngsters over the next few weeks.

03:53How excited and how much faith do you have in your youngsters?

03:57But we're using them because we are in an emergency in certain positions.

04:00But yeah, some of them, we trust them, like in the past.

04:06Yeah, to help us, that's why the academy is there.

04:10Not ideal, but when the situation demands?

04:13Yeah, we don't have another option, sometimes.

04:17And can I ask you about your new rival across town?

04:20United have just announced that Ruben is coming from Sporting.

04:24You'll, of course, face him on Tuesday,

04:26but then also as United boss in a few weeks' time.

04:30Do you know him?

04:31Can you tell us a little bit about how you feel about it?

04:33No, welcome.

04:34Welcome to United, to England, and I congratulate him.

04:39Next Tuesday, we face each other as a team,

04:44two or three seasons ago in the Champions League.

04:47Yeah, welcome.

04:48He has a good reputation.

04:50He's a little younger than you.

04:52I'm getting old.

04:56Pep, hi.

04:58You said you have many doubts for tomorrow.

05:01Is Savingo one of them?

05:03Yeah.

05:04So he might be able to...

05:06It was a knock, a strong one, but there was no fracture.

05:10And about him, there was that mutual nutmeg

05:12that he created against Spurs.

05:15He was very alive in that match,

05:17and he seems to be combining the flair with objectiveness

05:22for you at the start of the season.

05:23Are you surprised that some people think

05:24you don't give wingers creative freedom?

05:29Yeah, he's playing really good.

05:31He's so aggressive.

05:33He's so young.

05:34He'll improve.

05:35But, yeah, the impact has been really, really good.

05:46Hi there, Pep.

05:46We are live for Portugal.

05:48May I ask in Portuguese or in English?

05:49English, OK.

05:50Pep, you already talked about Ruben Mourinho.

05:54I know he's going to be your rival not only next Tuesday,

05:56but also from the 24th of January onwards.

05:59I'd like to ask you if you could give him one advice

06:01before he's coming back to Portugal.

06:03If you could give him one advice before he's coming to Manchester,

06:05what would it be?

06:06No.

06:06No advices?

06:07I'm not the right person to give advices to my colleagues,

06:10not because he's United.

06:11I think they have a lot of people in United

06:13that they will tell him what is the situation in the club,

06:16so I cannot give him advices.

06:19I know your contract will be out of time with City this summer,

06:23but Vienna is coming from sporting also to City.

06:26Have you spoken to him at all?

06:28No, not yet.

06:30Not yet.

06:31I know he's in touch with the club, but not yet.

06:33Also about the match next Tuesday,

06:37any of those injuries can be a blow for City

06:40also next Tuesday, not only on Sunday?

06:42Good question.

06:42I don't know.

06:43I don't know, not even tomorrow.

06:45We'll see tomorrow when we wake up.

06:46I will talk with some players how they feel, the doctors,

06:49and if I don't know tomorrow, imagine on Tuesday.

06:52So, day by day.

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