Guardiola admits that he and his players do not deserve a reward for this season

Pep Guardiola says no one in Manchester City, including himself, deserves a reward after the season of the struggle.

FIFA announced this week The winners of the renewed World Cup in the club will take 97 million poundsAssuming that they won their group matches as well.

City is one of the teams participating in the United States, where the competition started on June 15, but it was asked whether the manager or players will get a share of that, Guardiola said: “We do not deserve this season. We do not deserve a reward this season.

“If we go there and win, it is dedicated to the club. Managers, employees, background staff, players, do not deserve (reward). Not even an hour.”

Bournemouth tie for the city

Amal City has evaporated the fifth consecutive title in the English Premier League several weeks ago, and they are currently sitting in the fifth place in the table, in a battle for the completion of a place in the Champions League.

Their remaining chance of silver this season is in the FA Cup and faces a difficult quarter -finals in Bournemouth on Sunday.

City lost 2-1 at the VITALITY stadium in November, and Guardiola expects another difficult match against a team playing with great intensity during the Andoni Iraola era.

“They have a special way to play and work with the players and ideas they have,” said former Barcelona president. “Each team plays in a specific way and do so well. The other teams are more direct, and other teams want more cross.”

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Guardiola Koy in the future of De Bruyne

The club’s World Cup added a possible headache to the city with the opening of the English Premier League an additional transfer window from June 1 to June 10 to enable clubs to strengthen their teams and link the current players to new deals before the tournament begins.

This opens the possibility of Kevin De Bruyne, which suffers from the contract at the end of this season, and leaves at an earlier time than what is specified.

In response to a question about the future of Belgium’s playmaker in the federation, Guardiola said: “It is between the club and Kevin and its agent.

“In this position I am, we are only interested in the team and we finish the season in the best possible situation. We have to think about the best thing for the club with the FA Cup, the Premier League and the club’s World Cup.”

Guardiola also gave a cautious answer to a question asking whether the injured midfielder Rodri can return to the club’s World Cup.

He said: “It will be great to play tomorrow, but (it will be) the wrong decision at the present time.

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Guardiola insists that the FA Cup will always be important to the city

City went to the southern coast as a favorite to win the FA Cup and hopes to expand their wonderful record of reaching the semi -finals to the seventh year in a row.

Guardiola has always taken the cup competitions seriously and says the situation is not about to change.

He said: “We see every week in the Premier League and we can prove this again in the FA Cup. I remember in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, in England, the biggest thing for each team to overcome.”

“I have seen teams like Liverpool who did a great job in the Premier League, as well as Arsenal, but the rest of the teams could happen.

“We take the FA Cup seriously like the Carabau Cup in the past when we won it four times in a row.”