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Guardiola on importance of champions league football for Manchester City as they head to Fulham
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24/05/2025
Guardiola on importance of champions league football for Manchester City as they head to Fulham
23/05/2025
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Hello Pat, how much does it help you and your team this weekend that you've got the clarity
00:26
of knowing that if you win you qualify for the Champions League and achieve the the target that you reset?
00:33
Well it's better arriving in the in the last games like it depends on you of course in Fulham as well
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but it depends on us yeah it's better. You've obviously got a lot of experience of getting the
00:45
job done on the final day maybe not in terms of finishing in the top four but what what's the
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secret to it do you pay attention to anything else do you look at any other scores keep across it or
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do you just focus on yourselves? We have to look at ourselves look at ourselves we need one point to
01:02
to go the Champions League next season and you have to go to win against a top side. Can I ask about
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Rodri obviously he made his comeback the other night what's the reaction to that being amongst everyone
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and him physically as well is he okay to feature again if needed? Yeah we're really pleased as back
01:21
uh really pleased for the reaction for our people to him I'm pretty sure he's so pleased in that
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uh but it's a long way still to be what Rodri was and I guess will be next season so when we'll start to be
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uh the Rodri not in the the way like we have seen it before the injured like I played 70 games I play every
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three days I think we'll take even longer for that because the experience in this time of surgery is
01:53
always you have to be careful otherwise you have muscular problems and
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um and this kind of stuff but it's the first step so for his mind for his knee but still
02:07
still is not it's not you know to see Rodri what do we know him is everyone fit
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uh yeah except I think so except John the rest is fit yeah thank you
02:21
Hi Pat um given the importance that you put on the Champions League each year
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is Fulham therefore now the biggest and the most important game of the season? By far yeah
02:33
we have to do we have to deal like a game prepare well and but of course it's really really important
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first because it's an exceptional team so when I saw it yesterday and today I said wow it will be a
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a real tough game you have a good build-up well organized so they have everything everything the
02:52
team has done could not be differently when the season the best uh season they have done in the
02:58
Premier League in history and Marco is working with the team from long long time they know exactly what
03:04
they have to do they have a good central defenders fullbacks good keeper long balls Jimenez is a
03:11
winner guy and the pace with Iwobi with Adama with uh the other quality in smaller spaces they are top top
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side what's what's the cost if you don't get in the Champions League I would tell you after the game
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it doesn't happen why we don't think we're going to do it the guys asked me about uh the day before
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against Bournemouth is going to win or going to lose so why always you ask me about what happened
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if we are not it will happen we are right so we'll see and does the experience of all those final days
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that you've had in the past do you think that'll help your squad on Sunday no no every game every
03:46
competition every players and every situation is completely different hey Pep good afternoon um obviously
03:54
for um for Kevin it's a significant day the the last day in a Manchester City shirt what about the
04:01
rest of the squad do you know now in your own mind how this squad's going to change this summer
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but we'll see now I'm completely just focusing on Sunday and after the club we take the decisions
04:14
we have to take but do you know how many players for example no are likely to go no you've not given that
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any thought at all listen if I would know it I'm pretty sure I admire you a lot I will not tell you
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so that's for sure can I ask you about Phil do you do you do you expecting I'm going to tell you
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there is four or five players I'm going to tell you the names are going to leave and the signs are going
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to come do you think you expect I'm going to tell you this today now we're playing that just a rough idea
04:41
on numbers no no honestly do you think in the question I'm going to answer you after how many years
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we are together here I'm going to tell you how many players going to leave in a massive important
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game before of us and I'm going to tell you I'm going to meet the 22 players at in the squad
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come on it's not going to happen that you should know it can I ask you about Phil because there's a
05:00
lot of talk of Phil's um mental tiredness physical tiredness how concerned are you about
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Phil because he was such a big star for you last year that's true uh Phil Phil said that and
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of course has not been but not for him for all of us but you know his family for him is a he's a baby
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baby baby boy he's in the academy is becoming wanna start with us and all I want we want to help him so
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that is the most important thing I thought he needs rest and it's going to happen now after Sunday and
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and step by step he's going to come back is what we want I just wanna wanna wanna help him that is what just
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we want on him I don't I don't care about his performance on the pitch I want to feel good
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feel good and after the rest will come in an easy way hi Pep after the Bournemouth game you said
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if you've still got a big squad here you will quit next season how serious were you being with that
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or is it just a joke for yourself I was laughing when I said that I'm not going to uh but the expression
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is the same so I don't want that you know have players at home with families when the team is
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playing everyone has to have the chance to play become you know compete each other to you know the
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best of all of us so that is the most important thing that's why when you have a lot a lot of of
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of course there are interest during the season but if it happened the season will be a problem
06:32
but always we expect next season will become a little bit different you know knowing they have
06:36
a lot of games no rest in the summertime this kind of stuff but the last I don't know three weeks a
06:43
month four or five players four or five players six players at home and that is not healthy for any
06:49
any of us for them especially for the club for me for everyone so that's why the club knows it the club
06:56
is completely agree with me so and we're going to find the best way for all of us
07:01
phil phil said that he has had an issue with his ankle uh was that a conversation that took place
07:07
between the club and England about leaving him out or was it tooko's decision no no i don't know about
07:13
the England national team but it's true that the long time is struggling with uh with the anchor yeah
07:17
but what happened in the national team belong to to thomas and erling hasn't scored for the last
07:24
three games since returning from injury is he just feeling his way back or is it to do with the
07:28
service or what every game is going to play is getting better and on sunday is going to help us
07:33
to qualify for the champions league next season thank you uh hi pep you're obviously without
07:39
matteo kovacic on sunday listening to what you're saying about rodri earlier does that mean it's a bit
07:46
too soon for him to start or given the magnitude can you can you start him no it's not going to start
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it's not ready to start and in terms of as you say having too many players at the moment does that
07:58
mean that you're going to you're obviously not going to tell us the names and the numbers of
08:02
people you might want to get rid of but does that mean you're going to have some awkward conversations
08:07
with players after the season's finished that maybe some of them never never never is awkward when
08:12
he's honest the conversations never ever so but we'll take in listen is belong to the club the club
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who take the conversations with the agents the players for the players maybe come or maybe leave
08:24
because now everything is completely sometimes with the club when i talk to me i said don't talk to me
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now so do what you have to do because i'm enough concern about the teams about bournemouth about the
08:35
crystal palace before and so santa before now fulham this is only i'm concerned
08:43
will phil go with you to america or does he need that time to rest his
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and in principle we come to america yeah and and for players who might be might be leaving the club
08:56
during the summer will they be traveling as well or will they i don't know i don't know yet i don't
09:00
know and every single player i'm not involved i don't know when the club and after monday we'll
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see it and we start to talk about what do you have to do
09:10
all right but just just on from that um is there a possibility that kyle might go to america with
09:17
you sorry is there a possibility that kyle might go to america with you kyle walker no definitely not
09:22
no and can i just talk about the the fulham game obviously it's been a different season for your
09:28
for your team usually in sort of high pressure moments we expect always expect your team to get
09:32
over the line and make sure they win that game there's no concern i presume from your part that in
09:36
a pressure moment at fulham when you need a result that they they won't be able to to deliver in the
09:41
way they have done in the past it's a really tough game away always have been you know the games we
09:50
we play against fulham recently last year it's always two one three two so tight they have the
09:54
incredible momentums and there we won but always in a tight game we play there to win the premier leagues
10:00
because it was at the end of the season every time and i remember perfectly how tough we'd be
10:06
tomorrow winning session but it's the solution is clear so we want to play in the champions league
10:09
you have to take a result there so and that is the what we're going to do so and and yeah we see
10:18
today tomorrow trainings how the people they are feed that we are going to play and in different
10:24
shapes and different ways and see how the players are more fit and and focus and and go to london
10:32
today the result we need hi pep um i know you've had a lot of injuries this season a heck of a lot
10:37
i know as rob just said your captain left in january so is it too simplistic to say that if rodri
10:43
had stayed fit you would have challenged for the title is that just too too easy to sort of say that
10:48
many things happen not just about brother really will have been better than sure but there was many
10:53
other challenges not just from brother and with regard to the club world cup if he grows
10:57
into that tournament if you know if he can get back to fitness this is rodri yeah but that gives
11:02
you a sort of really good chance of maybe winning it with him if he's back to his best world cup yeah
11:07
the club world cup i don't know i don't know the competition is new listen what happened this year
11:13
in the champions league and other competitions so step by step so so i'm sorry to tell you but i'm not
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really one second focus about the world cup you know it's been a real tough season and the last
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month have been really really tough winning really important games and i knew you know i said maybe here
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in the the team in the squad so i knew that this season arrived in the last moment 95 minutes fulham
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will be decided you know decide if we're playing champions league next season or not and i was not
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wrong so i knew it that arrived until until the end in the last corner and and you have to be ready
11:54
hi pep i'm afraid i've got another club world cup question um james mcatee said he would have to maybe
11:59
decide on playing at the club world cup or the the under 21 euros i think rico lewis has been left out of
12:05
the senior england squad as well has a decision been taken on either of those two players
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uh not yet uh it normally happen when when go to the world cup or european cup what happened when
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when uh i would say we are running holidays so that's why they go but now is the situation is here
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they have to talk i don't know if now make a joke joke joke i'm so funny guys so i don't know who's
12:33
going to pay the salary in these months it's a national teams or the club when they decide to go to
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under 21 so i don't know who's going to to pay it but uh he's going to decide i would say
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uh the players with the club they have to talk with the sport director and they have to decide
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what they want to do do you have any input in that in terms of would you like i know i know then
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the the lead the manager for under 21 asked to the club both players to go to under 21 you know to
13:05
the euro but i don't know the resolution right now
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