Manchester City’s crisis is understood from the loss of Rodri, from the different injuries that Pep Guardiola’s team has had and also from an unstoppable Liverpool in the Premier League. But there are voices that go beyond football issues to explain what is happening at the Etihad. Not even the lawsuit against the league or the absence of signings…They claim that there may be a fracture between the former Barcelona coach and one of his figures in the United Kingdom.
The possible tension between Guardiola and his players has accompanied these weeks based on weighty rumors. BBC, SKY, The Sun and now CBS They have wondered if there is any friction between Pep and his pupils in a campaign that at the moment would not have a UEFA Champions League for next season. Voices from the last medium named as Gary Lineker, Jamie Carragher and the former Manchester City Micah Richards fear about the relationship between the Catalan and Kevin De Bruyne.
“Something is happening, but Pep Guardiola has full control of the club, has extended his contract and is probably just waiting for the January and summer transfer windows. De Bruyne’s thing is unusual, strange, strange,” began Richards who, as a former SkyBlues player, sees a more than unusual context around the Belgian’s role in these lean times for the Manchester team.
Let us remember that Kevin De Bruyne has had to recover from various injuries in recent times. Also that his contract ends in the summer with Saudi Arabia more than attentive to his future. By CBS They wonder if after so many years and As happened in Barcelona, the passage of time begins to leave quarrels between Guardiola and his figures. The Belgian has only started five games so far this year and we are already in December.
There are fears in England about a fracture between Guardiola and De Bruyne: IMAGO
Doubts regarding the management of Pep’s position are up for debate. But also the attitude of a squad that has not won for seven games. What’s happening in Manchester?: “De Bruyne had some minutes, but after the international break he was not a starter and never was again. The possibility of De Bruyne going to Saudi Arabia at the end of the year… it seems to me that there is some kind of rift between them…“His contract ends this summer and I know he has had some problems, but something is wrong if he is not in the team when he is fit.”
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“You have to win here. The moment I feel that I am not something positive for the club, another coach will come. “I asked for that challenge, because I want to have the opportunity to try again and rebuild the team,” the Catalan commented after the defeat against Liverpool. Eleven points now separate them from the Reds who rule the Premier. Guardiola, who has just renewed his contract at the Etihad, talks about the need to take a step forward.
Manchester City has already lost more than last season
The last season of the skyblues had a total of 59 games and they only fell 5 times. Right now the count already reaches 6 in a total of 21 games. The 30 goals received for the 39 scored and a points average of just 55%, numbers that exemplify an unprecedented situation in the short term for Pep. There is plenty of material to recover.
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