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Guardiola on Manchester City squad development ahead of west ham
19/12/2025
CFGA, Manchester, UK
19/12/2025
CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00Whenever the end would be, six months, six years, whenever, would you have...
00:11Are you a friend with him?
00:15Would you have an input into who you would want it, whenever that is?
00:21No.
00:23You'd leave it to...
00:26I'm happy here, I want to stay here.
00:30What can I say?
00:31When the club, myself, or the results, because at the end it's always the results, decide.
00:37It's at the end of this chapter, the club will choose the best one, you know,
00:40to continue this incredible period in Manchil.
00:45But what can I say?
00:47I cannot all the time what happened there.
00:50I've been the rumors for the last years many, many times.
00:53So...
00:54And what can I say?
00:56I want to stay here.
00:58So, and the IOC is always here.
01:02In terms of the development of the team,
01:07how excited are you with what they are starting to produce on a regular basis now?
01:11I'm excited because I have margin to improve, and that's what I like.
01:15I have a margin, but margin, margin to improve, to do it better.
01:21And that is the best that can happen.
01:23The best.
01:26If not complacency, if not in the moment, I think we have a good diagnosis of what's happened.
01:32But we have incredible brains in my staff to read what is the situation and getting better.
01:38So, in third position, we are four in the Champions League.
01:42That is the top position now, and two games left.
01:45In the Premier League, we are there.
01:47In the Carabao Cup, semi-final again.
01:51We're going to play against the last champions.
01:54So, yeah.
01:56So, that is what motivates me.
01:58Wake up early this morning, come here,
02:00and try to, you know, to watch the game against Brentford,
02:04whether they are doing good, not good,
02:05to analyze, to try to the next game against West Ham,
02:08to use that to get in bed and get in bed.
02:11This is the point.
02:12Will it be enough to achieve?
02:15I don't know.
02:16What I'm saying, if we don't improve what I feel,
02:19we feel that there's still a margin,
02:21we'll not beat enough, you know, to leave the trophies.
02:26That is the reality.
02:27I'm quite honest with myself.
02:29But it's a question of not the desire.
02:31They don't want to do it.
02:32It's still we have something that we have to do better.
02:36But do you see the potential in this group
02:38to become another great Manchester City team?
02:43Many things we are already,
02:45but to be champion requires other things.
02:49And because we have experience,
02:53what would be required to be champion,
02:55and still we are not.
02:56Still you are detailed,
02:58and still we are not.
03:01Pep, your focus and your motivation is the team
03:04and preparing the team.
03:05Does it bother you then when yesterday, today,
03:07discussion turns to your future?
03:11No.
03:12No, no.
03:12I know my business.
03:14I know my business perfectly,
03:16where I am in the position,
03:17and always is there.
03:19But I come here in the press conference every three days,
03:21you can ask me, ask my time,
03:23and the answer is always the same.
03:25So last season was a really, really tough season,
03:29and I didn't give up,
03:31and I was there.
03:31And this season is much better in terms of many things I see,
03:34and still I'm here.
03:35It depends on my feelings.
03:37My feeling right now is good.
03:39So that's why I want to continue.
03:42It's going to change.
03:43Maybe.
03:44So I don't know,
03:45but now it's what I'm feeling now is not.
03:46I'm going to,
03:47with that place,
03:48continue as much longer as possible.
03:51You've not texted Hugo or anyone then
03:53to see if they're trying to get rid of you
03:55or anything like that?
03:56Sorry?
03:57You've not texted Hugo then or anyone
03:58to see if they're trying to get rid of you?
03:59I don't have to text Hugo.
04:01I'm seeing every day.
04:02We take a coffee every day together.
04:04So now maybe we'll be busy
04:07in the next transfer window in January,
04:09but I see every day.
04:12But as I said,
04:13the club has to be prepared,
04:15but have been prepared in the past
04:16with Chicky because I'm a weird guy,
04:21weird guy.
04:21Maybe we wake up in the morning,
04:23I said,
04:23I'm leaving.
04:24Ciao, ciao.
04:25So they have to be prepared,
04:26but it's not the case.
04:29I bet you're saying that,
04:30you know,
04:31you're enjoying things
04:32and you want to,
04:33there's plenty for the team
04:35to improve on
04:36and, you know,
04:37you mentioned trying to get
04:38Chirky specifically to improve.
04:40Is it part of your motivation as well?
04:41Yeah, absolutely.
04:42You want to see out
04:43the development of these players?
04:44Yeah, absolutely.
04:45New staff motivate me,
04:46new players motivate me,
04:47of course.
04:49If I play with the same players
04:50in 10 years,
04:51I will be tired of them
04:52and you cannot imagine
04:53how it should be tired of me.
04:56So new players,
04:57but they come in a last transfer window
05:00when we had incredible,
05:01a lot of problems last season.
05:03And in terms of Ingers,
05:04then Kusa came
05:05and Victor came
05:06and Claudio Cheveri came
05:08and Omar came
05:10and now Ryan Nuri came
05:11and Nico Gonzalez came
05:14and what else?
05:15New ones here, you know?
05:17So that made me feel,
05:19oh, I want to help them.
05:20How is that?
05:20How can we improve?
05:22Saddle with the team.
05:23We are doing different things
05:25that we have done in the past.
05:26So these kind of things
05:27make...
05:28It's all the time,
05:29it's the same tactics,
05:30the same players,
05:31the same people,
05:31the same everything.
05:33At the end,
05:33you are not one day getting here.
05:35No chance.
05:36No chance.
05:37Always any challenge, right?
05:38Be challenged.
05:39Always I need things,
05:40enthusiasm for many other reasons,
05:43you know?
05:44A part of the titles
05:45or fight for the titles.
05:46At the end,
05:46the titles is,
05:48I would say,
05:48it's done,
05:49you know?
05:50It's the other thing
05:51you have to find yourself,
05:52new things that make me feel
05:53still I like to do it,
05:55you know?
05:57Do you want the motivation
05:58then of some new players
05:59in January to keep it,
06:00keep help progressing
06:01your encouragement
06:03of the enjoyment of the job?
06:04Listen,
06:05the last season
06:05happened in the transfer window
06:07for just one reason,
06:08you have no players.
06:11All players and no players,
06:13all players and no players
06:14and to,
06:15you know,
06:16for the next years,
06:18a new,
06:18new vibes.
06:19a new energy.
06:20That was the reason why,
06:21but I'm not a big,
06:22big,
06:22big,
06:22big fan
06:23for a transfer window.
06:25Always has to be open.
06:27You never know what happened
06:28and it's possible
06:29in the club,
06:30this side is good
06:31for now
06:32and for the next
06:32three,
06:33four,
06:34five,
06:34six years.
06:35Why not?
06:36But it's better
06:37to, you know,
06:37at the end of the season
06:39to see what happened
06:40this season,
06:40how it was.
06:41It's much better.
06:42Last two with Guilman,
06:43Jack.
06:44Hi, Pep.
06:45The period you've been here,
06:47you had to create
06:48as if I had to say,
06:49three teams,
06:50three generations
06:51of teams.
06:52How does this one
06:53compare to the previous ones?
06:55How hard it is
06:56for them to get
06:57what you need to do?
06:58How excited are you
06:59about it
07:00compared to the other two?
07:01They are really younger.
07:05They're really younger.
07:07And a little bit in the,
07:10so when Bernardo came,
07:11for example,
07:12Bernardo was a player
07:13like one with Monaco,
07:15you know,
07:16the French League
07:17and important player
07:18and with,
07:20I mean,
07:21Laporte came,
07:22but many players came,
07:23they were the players more.
07:25This time is,
07:26I think,
07:26you need a little bit more.
07:27That's why it's a process
07:28a little bit slower.
07:29You need a little bit more time
07:30to settle.
07:32That's why I'm quite surprised
07:34being in that
07:34that still we are,
07:36you know,
07:36in the position that we are.
07:38But still,
07:39in terms of belief,
07:40I would say
07:41the most important thing
07:42is to say,
07:43okay,
07:44it doesn't matter
07:44which state we're going to play.
07:47We are us
07:48and we are going to do
07:49who we are,
07:51we are going to play
07:52who we are.
07:52Still,
07:53we are not,
07:55you know,
07:55in that,
07:56in that,
07:57in that position.
08:01Hi, Pep.
08:01You were talking about
08:02sort of altering tactics
08:04year on year before.
08:07Has that been,
08:08has that been important for you
08:09sort of
08:10as a motivation
08:12in that
08:13you're teaching players
08:14on the pitch every day
08:15something new?
08:16And actually for you,
08:17that's been a good thing.
08:19No,
08:20what I mean is
08:21the most
08:22and I,
08:23I've done as a manager a lot
08:24is there is one thing
08:26I,
08:27I always do
08:29is watch
08:30our last game.
08:32Spend
08:32two,
08:33three hours
08:33to watch
08:34frame by frame,
08:36clip by clip,
08:37action by action,
08:38all the actions
08:39of the opponent
08:39and ourself.
08:41That give me,
08:42not because I don't have,
08:44I have to review
08:44to know exactly
08:45what happened,
08:46no,
08:46it's just
08:47to see
08:48what can improve
08:49because we don't have
08:49training sessions
08:50to practice
08:50and in that.
08:52In that,
08:53when I see,
08:54oh,
08:54there is a pattern
08:55that we have to improve
08:56and that may make me
08:57wake up in the morning,
08:58okay,
08:58this is what I have to work into,
09:00the team will be better.
09:01I have to visualize
09:02the team will be better.
09:04You know,
09:05when we're doing that,
09:07we'll be more solid,
09:07consistent,
09:08we can create more chances,
09:09we can see less,
09:10we're all winning games,
09:10winning games,
09:11winning games,
09:11that is the business.
09:12That is the main,
09:14main reason.
09:16You know,
09:16the relation with the team,
09:18massively important,
09:19staff,
09:19agro-man staff.
09:20If I come here,
09:21it's a war every day,
09:23so I'll go home.
09:25So I want to be happy
09:25to come here.
09:26and after visualize
09:27in terms of football,
09:29we can do better.
09:31And the moment I feel
09:32is done,
09:32with the players
09:33that cannot squeeze more,
09:35or either visualize
09:37that I can do better,
09:38I go home.
09:40And still,
09:41I had the feeling
09:41that when I see
09:42today,
09:42Brentford,
09:43there is one detail,
09:44you know,
09:47we have to improve.
09:48Because there are things
09:49that happened in the last month
09:50that we talk a lot
09:51that we had much,
09:53much better.
09:54And that made me happy.
09:56And the people,
09:57you know,
09:57and make us score more goals.
10:00Before it was
10:00just early scoring goals.
10:01Now we have more players
10:02scoring goals.
10:04And the people up front
10:05make more assists,
10:06and make more,
10:07the impact is higher.
10:09You know?
10:09And the long balls,
10:11we are losing all the time,
10:13second balls.
10:14And now we are winning
10:15more second balls.
10:16And from there,
10:17we're playing more.
10:18But still,
10:19our build-up
10:20is not really good.
10:21It's not good.
10:23And still,
10:23we can play better.
10:24We can,
10:25have more courage
10:26to play.
10:27And we have
10:27many, many details
10:29that still
10:30we have to,
10:32defensively,
10:37we are not aggressive enough.
10:39We are not
10:40doing perfect
10:42what we are
10:43working on,
10:44talking.
10:45But that
10:46is not a regret
10:47and a complaining.
10:48It's what I said before,
10:50it's the reason why.
10:50by top,
10:53you know,
10:53still we have margin
10:54to do it better.
10:56And when it happens,
10:57we'll be closer.
10:59We'll be closer
10:59because
10:59Champions League game
11:02in Madrid,
11:03I'm so happy
11:03doing that.
11:04But don't deny me
11:06that in that level
11:06we cannot win,
11:07arriving at the last stage
11:09of Champions League
11:09against Bayern Munich,
11:10PSG,
11:10Arsenal,
11:12Liverpool,
11:12Barcelona,
11:14Madrid again,
11:15all the big clubs.
11:17No.
11:18Because I know
11:19when we play
11:20two final Champions League,
11:22I won for 10
11:24Champions League,
11:25title three
11:26as a manager,
11:26one as a player,
11:27and arrive a lot
11:28of semifinals,
11:29a lot.
11:29And I know
11:30what you're required
11:30to write that.
11:31But I prefer
11:34to be in that position
11:35now,
11:36in February,
11:36March,
11:37and April
11:37when it's going to happen.
11:39Be what I believe
11:39we can do better.
11:41I'll just ask
11:42a very quick one,
11:43just what you said
11:44before in the answer.
11:46You said,
11:46oh,
11:46when I have the feeling
11:47it's done?
11:49Like,
11:49you had the Centurions,
11:51you've won four in a row,
11:52you've won a treble,
11:53and it's never felt
11:54like it's been done.
11:56So when could it
11:57possibly be done?
11:58Because you've achieved
11:59everything
12:00with unbelievable teams.
12:00No, no, no,
12:01it's the reason why
12:02it's not to leave
12:02one another title.
12:03Of course,
12:04I want to win
12:04another Premier League,
12:05another Champions League,
12:05but that is not the reason
12:06why I wake up
12:07in the morning.
12:09It's not.
12:11It's the process.
12:12It's the journey.
12:13It's to do it better.
12:15So,
12:16we're in a trophy,
12:17we're in a parade,
12:18happy,
12:18okay,
12:19well done, Pep.
12:20And two days after,
12:21what's next?
12:23It's the process
12:23to see the team
12:24development
12:24that made me feel,
12:26made me feel
12:27dead.
12:28Yes,
12:28in terms of
12:29title prices,
12:30but not even
12:31before I came here,
12:31it's done.
12:32I never expect
12:33when I arrive
12:33to see 40 titles
12:36in 14,
12:3650,
12:3760,
12:3870 years,
12:38so 10 titles
12:40have done
12:40everything.
12:42No,
12:42it's not that.
12:43The motivation
12:43is not this one.
12:44It's be the team
12:46like after last season
12:47I said,
12:48another club,
12:50except the club,
12:50it should be sacked.
12:52In Italy,
12:53Spain,
12:54no manager anymore.
12:55Here,
12:55they give me the confidence,
12:56so I don't want to,
12:59you know,
13:00maybe they sack me soon
13:01or leave in that way.
13:02I want to finish good,
13:04you know,
13:05being the team
13:05is getting better
13:06and getting better.
13:06And that's why
13:08I like,
13:10you know,
13:10tomorrow,
13:11my target today
13:12in the training
13:12is I want to see
13:13my team play better
13:14than Brentford game.
13:15I want it.
13:16I want to see.
13:18And the players
13:18like play not much,
13:20they play a lot
13:21against Leverkusen,
13:22and Brentford,
13:22they play a thousand
13:23times much better
13:24than Leverkusen.
13:25Individually,
13:26everyone was really good
13:27commitment with the ball,
13:29without,
13:29with a lot of mistakes.
13:30It doesn't matter.
13:31That didn't happen.
13:33So at Leverkusen,
13:34it was no mistakes.
13:36You know why?
13:37They didn't even try.
13:38And that is impossible
13:39to improve.
13:41You can dribble 10 times,
13:42lose all 10 dribbles.
13:44We'll improve from that.
13:46But if you don't try,
13:47well, you can improve.
13:48No chance.
13:50In Madrid,
13:51until we don't score
13:52didn't score a goal,
13:53we didn't try.
13:54So what sense?
13:56You cannot improve with that.
13:57And in that,
13:58we do better and better.
14:00And every feeling that,
14:01we arrive in the middle
14:03of the stages,
14:04level stages.
14:05Why not?
14:06Why don't try to,
14:08you know,
14:08until no competition
14:09arrive until the end?
14:10Thank you, everyone.
14:11Okay.