Pep Guardiola insisted that Manchester City’s stars are not deserving of any bonuses this season – even if they lift the Club World Cup.
City head to Bournemouth on Sunday striving to reach a seventh consecutive FA Cup semi final but have a battle to qualify for next year’s Champions League after an indifferent campaign.
The Club World Cup, held in America across June and July, has a potential prize pot of £97million for the winners – based on a number of factors – and would swell the coffers for a summer transfer spend.
City, who offer seven-figure bonuses to Guardiola and his top players for winning the Champions League, would pay out handsomely for victory in America.
‘We don't deserve it this season,’ Guardiola said. ‘We don't deserve a bonus this season. Bonus if we win is for the club. Managers, staff, players we don't deserve it. Not even a watch.’
The current holders, City face Wydad, Al Ain and Juventus in their Club World Cup group and could meet Real Madrid in the early knockout rounds.
Guardiola admitted that the Premier League champions are still in the dark as to Kevin De Bruyne’s next move, with the talisman out of contract at the end of the season.
City would have to negotiate a two-week extension with De Bruyne if the Belgian were to see the tournament through.
Guardiola believes City, who have won just two of their last six league games, can use the turmoil of the campaign to springboard a challenge next term.
‘We will learn,’ he added. ‘In good moments we learn and bad moments. Experiences happen many times and we don't learn and happens again.
‘A good lesson for me personally, I’ve learned a lot and hopefully for the club as well. I said in the past, qualification for the Champions League is a huge success and people didn’t believe me. Now they believe me.’
Rvicky
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Pep has set the bar so high at city hope that they maintain it after his departure. Some players who are 13th in the league will shamelessly queue for their bonuses at the end of the season.
jasondrx77
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You are even lucky to be in the EPL due to corruption. Man City should had been relegated to the 3rd tier of English football for that 115 count charge
it's a charge not a verdict idiot, its note ruled , its a charge, do I need to keep explaining 🤔?!🤣
Boller
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if there's a team member who doesn't deserve a bonus is Pep himself. his style of play (the back and sideway passes and possession wins) are becoming an old school. all the opponents have mastered his game play and knows how to stop them as easy as 123 if they pack there defense then city players will just keep on passing the ball side ways and backwards without any counter attacks and Pep will say WE WIN Possession. Pep's prime days are over he has won everything to his cabinet it's time we see change at city managerial level
Germ1985
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Bla bla bla 😑 who cares pep… 😂🤣😂🤣
Dante101
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pep should be keeping quiet and focus on NXT 9 game and giving Mubama, Oreily, Mcatee, PUSEY, Echieveri and Reis primer league games to prove their worth for NXT season.
malablata
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You are even lucky to be in the EPL due to corruption. Man City should had been relegated to the 3rd tier of English football for that 115 count charge
Maubcptuyz
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Predicted wat u said b4 opening yo reply coz no 1 understanding can think like u looser
Dignity is not a but loosing o winning,it’s respect ✊ for anything not humans only,grow up 🆙
Zezesol400
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Stupid kkkk
Predicted wat u said b4 opening yo reply coz no 1 understanding can think like u looser
Kesadlor
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don't worry, there are 115 bonuses coming
Maubcptuyz
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U care dats why u commented
Stupid kkkk
Maubcptuyz
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Wealthy owners who pay end season bonuses,that’s enough respect ✊ to the owners
Zezesol400
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who cares
U care dats why u commented
Dohalmnotu
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who cares