UK: Manchester City's Pep Guardiola mentions possible strike over players welfare

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola raised the prospect of strike action over players welfare, Manchester, Thursday.
Speaking at a pre-match press conference before their Boxing Day Match against Leicester, Guardiola raised concerns over an ongoing postponement of Premier League matches due to the pandemic, suggesting a strike might be necessary to see the league paused to protect the welfare of the players.
“Should the players and the managers be all together and make a strike? Just through words it’s not going to be solved. For FIFA, the Premier League, the broadcasters, the business is more important than their welfare. The simplest example is all around the world they have five substitutions; here it’s still three. Tell me one argument to take care of players’ welfare than this one? Here, where everyone decides for themselves, we didn’t do it,” he said.
Guardiola also exasperated at the increasingly relentless nature of every year and expressed doubt that governing bodies do care for the health of their players. “You know, when the people say World Cups and European Cups and Carabao Cup Semi-Final two legs, EFL Cup. And Premier League - more teams, more teams, more games and more games and less holidays and another one. And we play the first two or three games of Premier League without players. Against Tottenham, against the Community Shield, against Leicster, against Tottenham, I didn’t have the squad. We have 8 players. Eight players. Is it fair for the competition. No, it’s not fair,” stated Guardiola.
His comments come as Manchester City is set to face Leicester in the Premier League on Sunday 26.

SOT, Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Football Club: “Should the players and the managers be all together and make a strike? Just through words it’s not going to be solved. For Fifa, the Premier League, the broadcasters, the business is more important than their welfare. The simplest example is all around the world they have five substitutions; here it’s still three. Tell me one argument to take care of players’ welfare than this one? Here, where everyone decides for themselves, we didn’t do it.” *NO CUTAWAYS AT SOURCE*

SOT, Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Football Club: “You know, when the people say World Cups and European Cups and Carabao Cup Semi-Final two legs, EFL Cup. And Premier League - more teams, more teams, more games and more games and less holidays and another one. And we play the first two or three games of Premier League without players. Against Tottenham, against the Community Shield, against Leicster, against Tottenham, I didn’t have the squad. We have 10 players. Eighteen players. Is it fair for the competition. No, it’s not fair.”

SOT, Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Football Club: “The tradition from Boxing Day in football and the Premier League is massively important, it’s one of the characteristics of the league, that’s why this league is so special in this time period, this is not going to be changed. and I would love no changes. To play in this period a lot of game. I don’t approve to play after two days but after three days because it is tradition one century ago. Premier League always the Boxing Day is so important, so nice for the families to go all together to the stadium, I can imagine the January 1 in London, Arsenal, Man City at 12.30, how nice it will be in the stadium with all the people. The problem is the fixtures, the calendar, 365 days a year, with the international duties for the national teams with huge competitions with a lot of games. This is the problem that must be solved, the players, I’ve said many times, have 2 weeks, 3 weeks holiday in the summertime that’s all, then the season again, 2,3, weeks, again and again, this is too much.”

SOT, Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City Football Club: “This afternoon the managers we are going to talk with the Premier League and the broadcasters, because they are involved too, and we’re going to decide what is the best for everyone. The welfare of the players should be the most important thing, and for the people. But when we talk about the welfare for the players this is the only country that doesn’t accept five substitutions, just three, just three. Why? Now the teams that go there have to protect the players, we want to protect the players to have five substitutions. It’s much better for everyone for this amount of games, year by year by year by year in the competitions, but the Premier League and the clubs decide no.”

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