Pep Guardiola embargoed pre-match press conference | Manchester City v Ipswich Town

Charges against the Club you're a human being your players are a human being all the people at the club are human beings so in in that context with the the charges against the club about to be heard this Autumn is it something you've had to address with your players to sort of try and keep you out of their minds because as I say as human beings they may be wondering how this could affect you know the sort of club and their standing so have you felt the need or will you feel the need to speak to them about this and say look just forget about them to talk talk about the charges against the club which are going to be heard this Autumn oh Char yeah uh yeah I year than happy start soon and hopefully finish soon for the benefit for all of us especially for the club but for all the other Premier League clubs like for all the people that uh don't wait the sentence so I wish I wish the Deep of my heart and go to the trail the independent panel and I said again independent panel and uh as soon as possible release what happened we will accept like uh always we have done are you concerned it could affect your players performances well we are in three four years talking about that so but but now it's coming to a head I mean so now that's good I know it's going to happen we accept it and focus in in iwn and after West Ham International break and bramford Arsenal champions league and and so on I can give you all the calendar is in my mind so hi pep um with ilai coming in do you Ilkay Gundogan see him as a player who could possibly play the same role that r plays at the base of Midfield because obviously we spoke he's spoken a lot in the summer hasn't he about that need for a r what what I said can play in the position rodri like kova like Nico like maybe Matos alongside someone else uh JN and Manu can play alongside another one in the position rot and gundo can play of course attacking midfielder is a guy close the box is good can play with a false nine so he a player can play in different roles because you know he Define as a football player so no no I play as a right back no I play as a left back I play as Central Defender no no he's a football player a football player means understand it depends on the position I play understand what they have to do and gundo has these qualities and on rre you Rodri said he's not back in training yet is that due to injury or is that due to him no it's okay it's uh he had an injur with the national team and and I still have some Eagles but this is the lasar is training I saw yesterday quite you know highly I would say and it's just question of I think days that will be rejoin the gr up the group to make a training sessions H um so erling talked about Erling Haaland after the game on Sunday that um he want um he said that you want him to be more involved when we talked about his involvement in the game can you talk a little bit about what exactly you have talked about no I I like when he touch the ball I like when he score goals definitely if he R but I like he can you know when in the right moment and dropping and keeping and meanes be invols in the situation but I see him fit much much better than last season in these stages and U that is the most important thing it's know I have one game a week so the recover is easier but after International break start the crazy schedule and that's why we'll see what happen he talked about a million do question also when about the game against Chelsea if he wanted to be more involved or not does he want to do you have a good answer to this million dollar question uh no listen football that the most difficult position is the earing position strike get surrounded for two Central Defenders three most of the time most of central Defenders before may switch across so when the ball is in the sides they go to help the fullbacks few teams now there are two players three players in him so it's not it's not easy to find find the spaces but the patient and what I'm saying when you feel the spaces is here you have to move in that way dropping you have to you have to you have the ability to keep the ball and play and we cannot forget he still a young player 23 24 years old have a margin to play and he's openminded to do it I just going back to gundan you Gundogan obviously bumped into him in Orlando the other week sorry you you met each other in Orlando the other week before before the match you can wi oh yeah I just I just wondered what his sort of mood was like that day when when you saw him not even notice gester or something like you know oh how him is Manchester or oh absolutely you tell me I'm really good I'm happy and just come back for the holidays start to training and the season I know hansy is hansy flick the manager is really good and no just talk about you know family is how is life and that's all so can I just ask what the impact him gundan resigning the impact that that might have on some of the other midfielders so someone like James mcy have you had any thoughts stay everyone stay here everyone stay we have we don't have a de deer Squad we have 1990 20 21 players so no not much young players like like nio and now the situation for Oscar until December January will not be here with us so no no nothing changed a lot of games everyone had to fight the impact will depend how he plays if he plays good the impact will be good he plays not good the impact will not be good so but knowing him a little bit uh I'm not I would as a manager I'm not a big big fan to resign players with this age I'm not a big fan of that uh but I know quite well lilai and I know his mentality is in the right position it's a huge competitor and with a financially situation you know for the transfer he left fee free you know he can back free so that's normal so we we talk about that they said okay we can do it if we can so because now there negotiations between clubs is not my business and the salary for as well so I don't know so we can happen we have to try it and just quickly on the sort of leadership element of gwin did you Leadership did you miss a bit of that last year just the sort of quiet leadership the season last season was quite good yeah but but he's a different he's a different kind of leader though isn't he some of the others no everyone is everyone uh for example Kevin is an excellent leader don't talk much before the game the half time or during the day but he's an incredible leader and express proving you know but uh the most one of the most influential players ever in hisory is Kevin and and is Def leadership so everyone Express and gundo his respect because he's he's so intelligent man and and is honest in his analysis you know put the team the club in front of his performance itself and he knows exactly when to play good and play bad he read perfectly what's going on what's happened and and you know have this type of players on the beach when the situation is bad even responsibility he feels the pressure really well it doesn't matter what what happened and uh you know he's incredibly happy what we noticed since arrive and yeah sh's on and going hi um with ilai coming back so “Every situation is completely different” quickly and the situation that Raheem finds himself at Chelsea do you think it shows that perhaps the players who ask to leave here don't always find a better situation at these other clubs every situation is completely different I don't know so so when you take a decisions you have to take is the best for the club for the players especially and what happen in the future nobody knows is who knows how it's going to happen with now in next year or two years nobody knows we expect the best but I don't know when the people leave expect the best so when we tries to do our best for the players we Comfort we have to deliver the best for that club always depends of the players so that is when we try create a good environment a good vibes on on the locker room you know be connected create a team be connected when you know when I hear the most of the players with their wives go together go out dinners they make a lot of gatherings together that is they win a lot of points this kind of aspects you know and and we have a really really good good group of people because even ilai I think in his quotes someone who's Ilkay Gundogan who's so experienced and he seems like quite a measured guy spoke about not really appreciating what you have here until you go somewhere else it feels like quite a someone else who might come to you and say they want sometimes happen in our lives in every profession it happen no so but I I don't know only I can say that Ila when we spoke yesterday and day before a little bit but yesterday is the experience is have been in Barcelona is Unforgettable for him it was up and downs I know Barcelona situation is different than years ago new stadium is not come now playing MJ is different situations everything little details happen but he speaks experience personally for his future maybe as a manager or future whatever have been have been top Paul he P just on on elai again sorry has he actually trained with the squad yet or will today yesterday was a medical and commercials and City TV and all this kind of stuff from your conversations with him starting this week what kind of assurances have you got that he is determined and like you said this won't be a Len said no I'm fine I'm okay medical test was brilliant and he's skinny uh I think he's fit so yeah that I think we don't have a lot of players so maybe we'll be in the squad and after we'll see today we'll be training with train with us and we will see the smell how how does he feel in terms of his mentality your conversations with him have led you to believe that he's he's fully there no doubt about that he a huge competitor hi pep um ilai had two years left on his contract at Barcelona he signed for one year here was that the club preferring one year or him is one plus one I think so one plus one and and when he was here last he was obviously automatic choice for you know all the playing all the biggest games you've clearly had a successful season last year you say does he does he return as a starter do you see or more as a squad player uh let me know how he behave how he train how he play not because he's going to play tomorrow and then next games let me see if he don't perform well we play another one so we have fileld there have Kevin there have Bernardo there have R therea there have mat Maka so they to perform no because uh uh you know but we know his potential I know everybody knows it know him seven years here all the fans myself the mats how good he is but he have to deliver everything every single day that's why the clubs sustain on top thank you guys thank Outro | Please like the video and subscribe! you for