If you give me a large squad, I will quit: City boss Guardiola

Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has said he could quit his position as Manchester City manager if he is given too large a squad next season as he can no longer bear to leave out large numbers of fit players from his match-day squad.

City will head into the post-season looking to rebuild an ageing squad, with several senior players expected to follow Kevin De Bruyne out of the Etihad Staidum.

Injuries have hit City hard this season, but Guardiola, always in favour of a smaller group of players, insisted: "I said to the club I don't want that [a bigger squad]. I don't want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I will quit. Make a shorter squad, I will stay," said Guardiola.

"As a manager I cannot train 24 players and every time I select I have to have four, five, six, stay in Manchester at home because they cannot play. This is not going to happen," he added.

The Spaniard added if there were to be an injury crisis next season, he'd mitigate it by playing players from the club's academy.

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