I'd rather quit than work with this large squad again - Guardiola - video Dailymotion

Pep Guardiola says City's large squad has damaged team spirit this season

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00:00I don't want to give five, six players in the Tribune.

00:02I don't want that. I will quit.

00:05If it makes you a shorter squad, I will not stay here.

00:09It's impossible for my soul to give the players in the Tribune

00:13where they cannot play.

00:15Now it happened because we had four players, players, and immediately...

00:19It was maybe three or four months, we could not select 11 players.

00:22We didn't have defenders. It was so difficult.

00:24And after, OK, people come back, but next season cannot be like that.

00:27Does that mean that there will be exits this summer?

00:30No, no, I don't know.

00:31Exists stay, but it's a problem. It's a question of the club.

00:34I don't want to have 24, 25, 26 players when everybody is fit.

00:38If I have injuries, I'm lucky.

00:40We have some players in the academy, we do it.

00:42But I cannot stay for the emotional, for the soul of the team.

00:45I could create another connection between each other.

00:48This season lost it a little bit.

00:51With the players, like they know, week by week, stay at home.

00:56You're a journalist, right?

00:57Imagine you both say, no, no, you are not going to write, you're not going to write,

01:00you're not going to write that article.

01:02What do you say?

01:03I'm going to, what I'm doing here.

01:05So, players have to be here to fight between them to play.

01:09And it has to be a right number.

01:11There's a lot of injuries, I'm lucky, but we have to do it.

01:14We have to take care of the call.

01:19We will take care of it.

01:21I'm going to take care of him.

01:23Let's follow-up.

01:23Let's get ready.