Amid all the recent talk of a European Super League, Pep Guardiola says his Man City players are only focused on winning silverware.
Pep Guardiola says his players are completely focused on ending the season on a high, starting with a return to winning ways against Aston Villa on Wednesday evening.
The Citizens are currently eight points clear at the top of the Premier League standings. With six games remaining, they need only 11 points to be crowned champions.
On Sunday, City have a Carabao Cup final against Tottenham final to look forward to, alongside the semi-final of the Champions League where a clash against PSG awaits.
And despite the recent controversy around the European Super League dominating the headlines, Guardiola says he has no doubts his players will be focused on their game and getting the job done between now and the end of the season.
“I am pretty sure the players will be ready like they have been,” he said as per the club’s website.
“In this business we have, the most honest and best are the players. The rest…the only ones we can trust to make us happy and enjoy good moments in our lives are the players.
“It’s a business, of course, but there’s a lot of feeling behind.
“But the Champions League, of course you have to improve. A long time ago when I started playing football just the champions played the Champions League. Just one team. Now we have four.”
Guardiola continued: “Now the competition is much better than before. Okay, we play more games.”
“Maybe in the future there’s another way to play this competition. Society goes forward and intentions are completely different.”
“But we have to create it altogether. And altogether you have to agree that when you play on the field and beat the opponents, you deserve to be there. If not, you have to improve.”
“If not, it’s another sport, another game, and that cannot be possible.”
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