{"id":4820,"date":"2025-01-28T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2025-01-28T20:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:01:19","slug":"pep-guardiola-tells-two-premier-league-managers-he-wishes-he-had-their-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/pep-guardiola-tells-two-premier-league-managers-he-wishes-he-had-their-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola tells two Premier League managers he \u2018wishes he had their team\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have suffered an alarming dip (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pep Guardiola<\/a> has told two Premier League<\/a> managers he ‘wishes he had their team’ amid Manchester City<\/a>’s poor season.<\/p>\n

Far from securing a record-extending fifth successive Premier League trophy, Man City face a battle to qualify for next season’s Champions League<\/a> after an alarming drop-off this season.<\/p>\n

City have already lost six Premier League games this term – double the amount they did last season – and after just fourth in the table going into February.<\/p>\n

Manchester City’s struggles have carried over into Europe and they are 25th out of 36 teams going into the final round of Champions League fixtures.<\/p>\n

Failure to beat Club Brugge on Wednesday night would condemn Guardiola’s side to an embarrassing Champions League exit<\/a>, while even a win will only be good enough for a play-off place.<\/p>\n

Guardiola has cut a frustrated and rattled figure for several months now<\/a> and has told at least two Premier League managers – Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca and Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola – that he ‘wishes he had their team’, according to Guillem Balague.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The\u00a0Sports\u00a0Agents podcast<\/a>, Spanish football expert Balague said: ‘Pep has told, that I know of, three managers he’s played against recently and he said, “I wish I had your team”.<\/p>\n

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Guardiola embracing Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘The impression he\u2019s got is he now needs that kind of energetic, dynamic, mouldable team that you see at Chelsea, Bournemouth and PSG \u2013 the three teams.’<\/p>\n

Despite his admiration for Chelsea, Manchester City did the double over Maresca’s side, winning 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and 3-1 in last weekend’s clash at the Etihad Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City lost 2-1 to Bournemouth back in November while they threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 against Paris Saint-Germain last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Man City beat Chelsea last time out (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pressure is on Manchester City ahead of their Champions League decider against Club Brugge but defender Josko Gvardiol says the ”confidence is good’ after a much-needed win over Chelsea.<\/p>\n

‘We all need to stick together, to try and get out of this together,’ said Gvardiol. ‘We are in a good way.<\/p>\n

‘We want to qualify for the next stage and I think our confidence is good, especially after our last home game. We’re going to have huge support from our fans so I think we’re going to be ready.’<\/p>\n

Guardiola, meanwhile, said of Man City’s Champions League hopes: ‘The situation that we have is that we have to win the game and if not we will not continue in this competition.<\/p>\n

‘We want to have another chance to play another two games, to have the chance of the next stages. It’s not a problem, it’s an opportunity.<\/p>\n

‘These type of games I’ve played many times. Sooner or later you have to play them where if you win you go through and if you don’t you go out.<\/p>\n

‘We are here for the reasons we know, that we have not been good enough, and this is a situation we have lived many times.’<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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