Pep Guardiola fears that Premier League players will be paying the price of a “crazy World Cup” well into the final weeks of the season.
Manchester City face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup tonight with the winners advancing to a fourth-round tie that will take place two or three days after next month’s World Cup final. It is the latest example of the extreme demands being placed on international players by the winter tournament in Qatar.
“When I was at Barcelona and manager at Bayern Munich, I listened to the news in England and all the managers complaining about the schedules,” the City manager said. “Nothing has changed. The Bundesliga have 18 teams, we have 20 teams, we have one more cup. In this schedule
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