Guardiola repeated the need for a smaller team heading to the new season, after joking at the end of the last campaign, he would “leave” unless the play team was cut.
City has a round of 27 round of the club's World Cup. Jack Grilliche, Kyle Walker and Calvin Philips were left at home, James Makati was not chosen and Matteo Kovacic was injured.
Meanwhile, the German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has been linked to the move to the Turkish heroes.
We have – now – a long team, a lot of players, so we cannot go with 26 or 27 players this season because there will be more [not] Play and step by step may be a few players. But now, ILKAY is completely part of my mind and the team.
“I love to have the players who now have all the season. I love it. I have no complaints about the players, and how they behave.”
He added: “The problem is that they will be satisfied during the season. They will be sad, and they will be disappointed. I don't want it. For me, it's not a problem.
“I have more [players to select] I am not [want] Six, seven players, if there are no injuries, at home. So I do this in this way. I do it for them.
“That is why we have to see what is happening. We still have a long time, I would like to say, until the transfer window is closed.”
