Pep Guardiola says he doesn’t care if he upsets Erling Haaland or some other Manchester City stars by dropping them.
Guardiola has mentioned that Haaland is not going to play each recreation throughout a gruelling upcoming fixture schedule and the Spaniard was coy on whether or not the striker will play towards Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.
He accepts that he won’t ever be capable of persuade some gamers to be pleased with not taking part in, however that doesn’t derail his practice of thought.
“No, I’m not going to explain. I don’t explain the reason for my decisions, because I will not convince them, some players understand they are part of everyone and some never will understand me,” mentioned Guardiola.
“I know them quite well and some of them I can tell them the reason but others, I don’t care.
“I do it for the best for the team, to win the games and for many reasons and that’s all. I’m the manager and I decide for that and I am being paid for that, and they have to accept my decisions.”
While commonly planning adjustments to his facet amid a packed schedule, Guardiola insists he by no means tells the gamers too far upfront.
“Never. In one week we change many things, about the opponent, because of injuries, because of the previous game and now this crazy schedule for everyone,” he defined.
“The day before or the day of the game I start to take the decision for many reasons, for the way they train, how they behave when they play, how they behave when they don’t play, when they play 10, 15 or 90 minutes and some players accept it.
“Some believe they have to play because I am who I am. And they are completely wrong.”
If Haaland does miss out towards Forest, he shall be changed by fellow new signing Julian Alvarez, who has impressed Guardiola since his arrival from River Plate.
“When you buy a player from another country you never know how he is going to adapt, what you have to do is try to help him, not just with the structure on the pitch, off the pitch too, to make him settle as quick as possible to make him feel comfortable,” Guardiola mentioned.
“This group of players is extraordinary, so that’s why it’s not easy. When the guy is humble and has desire and has the wish to succeed, in the end it will happen.
“The players who come here, the quality is so good, I don’t have doubts about that. It depends a lot of the time on the mentality and Julian from day one we saw that he didn’t want to miss the opportunity, I want to do it well and that is so important.
“He is so young, had incredible success in one of the most important teams around the world in River Plate and if he is able to do it there with this personality he can adapt wherever and I feel that he is going to help us in many ways.”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk