Pep Guardiola has expressed his dissatisfaction with the size of Manchester City's squad, threatening to resign if it is not reduced for the upcoming season. Many first-team players sat out the match against Bournemouth, which left Guardiola feeling conflicted about benching talent. He emphasized that managing a large squad complicates training and player selection. City invested heavily in new players during the January transfer window but faces staffing dilemmas moving forward, prompting Guardiola to insist that he doesn't want to manage such a crowded roster.
"I said to the club I don't want that. I don't want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I don't want that. I will quit. Make a shorter squad, I will stay."
"It's impossible for my soul to tell my players in the stands that they cannot play. Maybe for three, four months we couldn't select 11 players, we didn't have defenders; it was so difficult."
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