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Pep Guardiola's suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool

Pep Guardiola’s suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool

Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford have both suffered serious injuries during the festive period, prompting Pep Guardiola to call for a change to the English fixture list. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called on the English football authorities to scrap the League Cup and reduce the number of fixtures played. Football fans around the world can buy online Premier League Tickets to enjoy its stunning performances.

This proposal comes after Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford’s participation at this summer’s European Championships have been placed in doubt after picking up serious injuries over the hectic festive period.

The Tottenham Hotspur star underwent surgery to correct a hamstring problem and might not play again for his club side this season, while Manchester United forward is facing up to three months on the sidelines with a back injury.

And Guardiola is of the opinion that these issues have been caused due to the number of games Premier League clubs are asked to play whilst most of Europe are enjoying a winter break.

Pep Guardiola's suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool
Pep Guardiola’s suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool

“It’s a big blow for the national team. Kane and Rashford are incredibly important players for them,” Guardiola said, as per the Manchester Evening News. “Hopefully there isn’t another one who does that and they can recover. There are still many months ahead before the Euros.

“It’s an incredible amount of games. Now we’re talking about it because they are (injured), but looking back at the injuries Newcastle has had, we have had all the teams.

“That is normal. With that number of games, players break down. I’m not surprised. I’m so sorry for them. The big administration people cannot complain because it’s normal this happens.

“Of course it is too much to expect. They arrive in the Euros, playing with the national teams trying their best, then [back with their clubs] after no more than 20 days because the business, the show, must go on. They have to come back. It’s unsustainable. The players fall down. It’s too much.

“I’m so sorry for Kane and Rashford because they are good for the league, but we demand a lot from the players, it’s too much. They should reflect on it but all the managers complained about it and they don’t care.

“Now Boxing Day is over another season, and prepares for the next one a distance of two or three days again and again. The players suffer. They want to do well and the clubs have a lot of pressure to win or qualify for the Champions League.

“We push and push. The body says ‘stop, it’s enough’.

Guardiola also gave his thoughts on the English fixture schedule and his proposal would affect City, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool and the rest of the Premier League.

His idea is to scrap the Carabao Cup completely.

“But then it wouldn’t be interesting – it’d just be for the Championship teams or League One and League Two,” the Spaniard responded when asked if the League Cup should only be for a team below the Premier League.

“Eliminate competitions; take out this competition completely so there are fewer games.

“Start the season later after the summertime because you always start with two games and have a lot of games and then in one part of the season have one just game a week, then two or three.   

“We are going to rest in February for one week so in three weeks we have two games but then we have 72 games in one week so it’s a bit strange. But the people thought about that.

Pep Guardiola's suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool
Pep Guardiola’s suggestion which would affect Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, and Liverpool

“We need fewer games, fewer competitions, fewer teams, and more quality, less quantity. The people are going to go to the theatre, to the cinema, restaurants, to watch the fireworks. That is what they would do.

“In the Bundesliga, there are 18 teams not 20, one cup, not two and they have a break. In Spain, they have a break and the cup is run with one game, not two so it’s a big difference.

“It’s not because Pep or Jose Mourinho or Jurgen Klopp says, you’ll not find one manager saying it. We love our jobs, but the players deserve to be treated as they should be so they perform as well as possible.”

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