“We don’t have players”: Guardiola evaluates Manchester City’s new signings

Manchester City is not going through a good sporting moment in either the Premier League or the Champions League. Therefore, the English team has made moves in this winter market seeking to reverse its current situation. Striker Omar Marmoush and central defenders Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis were the additions in which City spent just over $110 million dollars in the middle of the season to rebound in the final stretch of the year. Given the arrival of these footballers, coach Pep Guardiola evaluated their additions. Well, he admits that they were going through a difficult time in which they did not have many options due to the large wave of injuries that the squad is experiencing. “We have the same injuries as before. Dias and Doku are out. The new additions will enter this weekend’s call. “We don’t have any players.”analyzed by an experienced Spanish coach. Omar Marmoush is a new Manchester City player.Credit: AP “We did not make signings in the summer and now we have to do them because of the problems and injuries we have had”Guardiola commented regarding the great wave of injuries that the squad has, which reaches up to six figures. Regarding the new additions, the coach also made an analysis of what they could contribute to the team and how he plans to use them on the field. Especially in the next games that will be key for the season. “Although we don’t train much, everyone looks very good. Reis is young and has a great personality. Khusanov seems adapted, he has experience playing against strong and fast players in the French league. He doesn’t speak much English and my French isn’t good, so communication will be one of the things we’ll have to work on. And Marmoush already trained with us, he will learn soon,” the strategist concluded. For now Manchester City will have to face Chelsea for the 23rd of the Premier League. Championship in which the Citizen team is in fifth place. While next Wednesday they will have to host Bruges to qualify for the Champions League playoffs. Keep reading:

Man City is on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after losing to PSG

PARIS — Manchester City are on the brink of a humiliating exit from the Champions League after a shock defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, and Real Madrid are no longer at risk after sweeping Salzburg. Manchester City blew a two-goal lead in a high-stakes clash between underperforming millionaires that PSG won 4-2 in Paris, and could still be eliminated alongside the English champions after the final round of matches next week. Only the top 24 in the 36-team standings will advance and Manchester City, the 2023 champions, will start in 25th place needing to beat Club Brugge to enter the elimination round. PSG, now in 22nd place, will play at Stuttgart, which is in 24th place. Reigning champions Real Madrid are safe, rising from 22nd place at the start of Wednesday to 16th place after thrashing Salzburg 5-1. Arsenal and Inter Milan earned expected wins to move up to third and fourth place respectively, although they are still unsure of joining Liverpool and Barcelona in advancing directly to the round of 16. Arsenal beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 and Inter won 1-0 at Sparta Prague. Bayern Munich was defeated 3-0 at Feyenoord, with a pair of goals from the Mexican Santi Giménez, and dropped to 15th place in the mid-table tangle of historic clubs—including Madrid and Juventus—that run the risk of facing each other in the elimination rounds in February. Every question of qualification and elimination will be decided in a likely frantic eighth and final round of matches next Wednesday. All 36 teams will be in action in 18 matches that will begin at the same time, with only the first 24 advancing to the elimination phase. Manchester City looked set to bring PSG closer to elimination by taking a two-goal lead early in the second half. Jack Grealish, a half-time substitute, scored in the 50th minute and then set up Erling Haaland for a second four minutes later. Within six remarkable minutes, PSG were level, with goals from Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola, and a stunning comeback was completed in the 78th when Joao Neves headed the decisive goal. Goncalo Ramos added a fourth in stoppage time. AC Milan quietly climbed to sixth place with a 1-0 win against Girona at the San Siro, and Celtic advanced by winning 1-0 against Young Boys, who lost a seventh game in a row. Sporting Lisbon faces possible elimination next week after losing 2-1 to Leipzig, ending a six-match losing streak, and Shakhtar Donetsk stayed in contention – just barely – with a 2-0 win against the emerging Brest, which will be in the elimination phase. ___ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.

the “breach of contract” and the ‘malpractice’ of the English club

He Real Valladolid It has a new open front. In addition to the sporting situation that the team is going through and the institutional rejection of the fans towards the current board, the transfer market has been another hard blow after the departure of the youth team. Juma Bah to Manchester city. After knowing the interest of the group directed by Pep Guardiolathe Sierra Leone center-back informed the club on Tuesday of his intention to pack his bags for Manchester, but given Valladolid’s refusal, the operation was carried out forced way. By having a record of youththe Juma Bah clause was 6 million euros. So he Real Valladolidonce he learned of the interest of Manchester Cityoffered the player a new contract without a youth record, so he could receive 12 million euros if the record had been from a subsidiary or even 30 kilos if he would be linked to the first team. Juma Bah’s representative refused to sign the new contract due to the fear that Manchester City would back out because they did not want to pay an amount greater than the six million stipulated in the contract with the youth player from Sierra Leone. On this Wednesday morning, Real Valladolid issued a statement in which they accuse the young defender of “breach of contract” Therefore, disciplinary actions will be carried out. Furthermore, the Pucelano club has shown its disagreement with the ‘modus operandi’ of Manchester City. “An intention protected by City” Through the statement, Real Valladolid has detailed how the operation has occurred in a situation that, in addition to having caused great disappointment and indignation in the club, has placed it in a “helpless” position. The Pucelano team has held Juma Bah responsible for failing to comply with its contractual commitments for not having attended morning training and “has requested its legal department to start disciplinary actions about it.” Juma Bah in his presentation at the José Zorrilla. Real Valladolid “The Club considers that behind the Player’s decision is Manchester City, which appears to have advised the player to adopt this path that places Real Valladolid in a defenseless situation, after having recently rejected financial offers of a higher amount. The player’s intention, supposedly supported and guided by Manchester City and his agent, has caused great disappointment and indignation within Real Valladolid, which welcomed Juma Bah with open arms and gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. The Royal Spanish Football Federation has just confirmed that the player has deposited the amount for the unilateral termination of the contract. In this sense, Real Valladolid informs that it reserves the right to go to the appropriate legal and sporting jurisdictions to exercise its rights and defend its interests,” reads the Real Valladolid statement. Even so, Juma Bah’s future will not pass through the English city of Manchester, at least for now. According to the French portal Footmercato.net, Juma Bah will arrive on loan to Lens in the next few hours. At Real Valladolid he has played thirteen official matches: twelve in La Liga and one in the Copa del Rey. The one from Sierra Leone has barely played one season for the Pucelano club. It arrived in the summer market from Africa’s Alk Freetown for an amount close to 200,000 eurosand a few months later he leaves, leaving six million in Valladolid’s coffers, although it could have been many more.

PSG shows that it can shine in the Champions League without Mbappé

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain finally showed it can shine in the Champions League without former star Kylian Mbappé, coming back from 2-0 down in the second half to beat Manchester City 4-2 on Wednesday. The crucial victory took PSG out of the elimination zone in the new format of the competition, with a general table, and left City in that section with one game to play. PSG’s redesigned attack finally came together, using four different goal scorers instead of relying too much on just one to make a difference. PSG winger Bradley Barcola scored one goal and assisted another for his France teammate Ousmane Dembélé. Midfielder Joao Neves headed in to score the third before striker Gonçalo Ramos added the fourth in stoppage time. The French team has struggled to score goals in the competition since Mbappé left for Real Madrid before this campaign. He had scored just six in as many games before City’s visit and had been held goalless in defeats to Arsenal and Bayern Munich. PSG coach Luis Enrique said before facing City that the solution up front would come from more teamwork rather than hoping another player can emulate Mbappé, who scored 44 goals last season and helped PSG reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. City coach Pep Guardiola acknowledged that his team was outmatched. “We have to accept it. In the transitions we couldn’t face them, they were faster,” he said. “I give credit to PSG. When a team is better, I have no problem accepting it. They all played really well. “He is not a specific player.” Mbappé’s move to Madrid has forced Luis Enrique to improvise with his lineups all season. This time, 19-year-old winger Désiré Doué played as a makeshift forward although centre-forward Ramos was available for this duel where both teams backed by rich states – the United Arab Emirates (City) and Qatar (PSG) – were at risk of not advancing to the direct elimination stage. City led 2-0 after 53 minutes but PSG equalized in the 60th after some inspiring play from Barcola on the left. Barcola beat Savinho before finding Dembélé near the penalty spot. Barcola himself, 22, equalized by hitting the left post after Doué’s shot bounced off the crossbar. The diminutive Neves leaned in to head in a free kick from the right in the 78th. Dembélé also hit the crossbar with 20 minutes remaining and PSG had two more goals disallowed for offside. PSG players ran to celebrate with their fans as the final whistle blew, and club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi clenched a fist. Maybe losing Mbappé won’t be so bad after all. “We are a young team but a team with character,” Al-Khelaifi told Canal Plus. “Many players doubted our team, but I always trusted them.” Al-Khelaifi praised the impact of Luis Enrique. “I think we have the best coach in the world,” he said. “We are playing with character, identity, DNA.”

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