Pep Guardiola hits back at Premier League rivals who "want them relegated"

Pep Guardiola has called retired the Premier League sides - galore of whom helium believes privation to spot Manchester City relegated arsenic they proceed to conflict the charges levelled astatine them

Pep Guardiola reckons the immense bulk of Manchester City’s Premier League rivals privation the champions RELEGATED.

But the Etihad brag is lasting defiant arsenic his nine waits for the verdict connected the 115 charges of breaching fiscal regulations. A time aft signing a caller two-year deal, Guardiola declared: “I work thing astir the concern and however you request to beryllium relegated immediately. Seventy-five per cent of the clubs privation it - I cognize what they bash down the scenes and this benignant of stuff.”

City’s ineligible squad suffered a stroke connected Friday erstwhile Premier League clubs voted 16-4 successful favour of amendments to rules connected associated spouse transactions (APT) astatine a gathering successful London connected Friday.

Certain aspects of the APT regulations had been successfully challenged by City but the Premier League has present altered the rules to its satisfaction.

But erstwhile asked whether helium takes pridefulness successful lasting up for his nine during the uncertain off-the-field times, Guardiola said: “I similar not to beryllium successful that presumption but erstwhile it’s there, I emotion it. (It’s) due to the fact that you judge successful your club, and the radical there. I judge what they accidental to maine and the reasons why.”

And Guardiola, whose squad volition look Spurs astatine the Etihad this evening connected the backmost of 4 consecutive defeats successful each competitions, reaffirmed his committedness to City, careless of immoderate Premier League punishment.

He said: “What happens if we are relegated? I volition beryllium here. I consciousness it now.”

Guardiola said 12 months agone helium would negociate them successful League One if that became their reality. He has conscionable penned a caller woody to widen for a further twelvemonth and the incredibly anticipation of them dropping down the shot league volition person been considered earlier helium chose to stay - though helium denied that was the case.

His contiguous remit is connected ending a four-game losing streak - the benignant of which has been astir unprecedented during his clip astatine the club. It has seen them gaffe 5 points down Liverpool successful the Premier League and spell retired of the Carabao Cup.

Despite that declaration negotiations were creaseless arsenic helium and the City hierarchy came to an statement wrong hours and Guardiola - who precocious made past by winning a 4th consecutive rubric - admits helium deserves to person plentifulness of recognition successful the back.

"In conscionable 2 hours, we did it," helium said connected the declaration talks. "Maybe I americium arrogant, but I deliberation we merit to proceed for what we person done successful the past years."

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