Guardiola believes City are on their way back to form ahead of tricky Palace trip
06/12/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
06/12/2024
CFGA, Manchester, UK
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00:00Do you have an update on Phil Foden?
00:04He's not ready.
00:08And do you have any time scale on that?
00:09No.
00:10I don't know.
00:11Just looking at the other night, how pleased were you with Jack Grealish's role and is
00:15that something we will see more of going forward?
00:18Yeah, he played really good.
00:19We are so happy for him and for the team and yeah, hopefully he can be fit in the next
00:26series of games.
00:27And for Kevin De Bruyne as well coming back, how much are you going to have to manage his
00:31fitness going into a busy period as well now?
00:34Yeah, we don't have many players so we'll see.
00:37But yeah, important back, but you know, long time, maybe three days, three days, three
00:42days.
00:43We'll see how he reacts with this amount of games.
00:52Just on other team news, Pep, how are Ake and Akanji after the other night?
00:57When Ethan is out, Manu, we'll see.
01:01In terms of longer term players, Stones, Kovacic and…
01:06Still they are out.
01:09The match itself, Palace have had a bit of a struggle this season.
01:13Have you been surprised by that?
01:15He's playing really good.
01:17The result of the result sometimes happens, but it's not because I'm playing against
01:22them.
01:23So they make a step forward, I would say.
01:25They finished unbelievably last season.
01:27Last ten games was maybe the best, one of the best teams.
01:31They are starting on results, but physicality, Salahouch Park and the patterns that they
01:36have is really good.
01:37So aggressive.
01:38It's so difficult to make a build-up.
01:39Yeah, and the quality is there.
01:44Obviously you talked about Kevin De Bruyne being able to potentially monitor his fitness
01:52over the next few days.
01:53But I'm just wondering, we obviously saw him play so well the other night.
01:57We all know how important he's been to the team over the last few years, really.
02:02So I'm just wondering if there's been any closer resolution about his future at the
02:06club?
02:07I don't know.
02:08I'm not involved in that.
02:11With him being still so important for the team, is it difficult to plan long term, knowing
02:16whether he'll be here next season or not?
02:18I would like to have a 23-year-old and sign a contract for ten more years for him.
02:24So this is what I would like.
02:25But we'll see.
02:26It doesn't sound easy to sign a 23-year-old that's ever going to replace Kevin De Bruyne,
02:31I suppose.
02:32Would that be the most difficult thing, trying to ever replace him if he did?
02:36Yeah, there are players, the impact of the legacy of this club will be eternal, will
02:40be forever.
02:41And of course it's not easy, but of course we have, as a club, we have to find, in the
02:46moment it's going to happen, we have to find the best way.