Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is beginning to stamp his authority at the club and will instruct the players to cut out two things from their usual routine.
The Spanish tactician was confirmed as the Citizens’ new manager back in February, but finally took over this summer once his duties with Bayern Munich were complete.
And whilst Guardiola has only been training his new players for just under a fortnight, he is certainly showing that he means business already with his Manchester City stars.
Reports suggest that Guardiola will try to stop his players from having dinner with their WAGS after games and also ban them from eating pizza at home games in the dressing room.
Both of those things were reportedly common under Guardiola’s predecessor Manuel Pellegrini, but the former ran a similar scheme at Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and is keen to recreate that at City.
The former Barcelona midfielder will also look to bring in his own dietician, who will regularly be checking on the fitness and weight of the club’s players just in-case they let slip.
“He will want the squad to eat at the Etihad after games,” a City source told The Sun.
“He thinks it is vital for them to eat within one hour of games and even if it means telling the WAGS no dinner out tonight.
“That won’t go down too well with some of them. They usually eat pizza in the dressing room.”
Manchester City, who fly out to Germany then China in the coming days – they will take part in the International Champions Cup out in the latter – will be looking to improve on their fourth placed finish last season.
Guardiola’s strict regime could be the exact thing the Manchester City players need to push them in the right direction ahead of the new campaign.
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