Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola has criticized the English Premier League for refusing to postpone the start of the 2025/2026 season due to Manchester City and Chelsea's participation in the Club World Cup, which will take place from June 15 to July 13, 2025.
Josep Guardiola"The Premier League did not allow us and other clubs participating in the FIFA Club World Cup to postpone the first two rounds of matches so that the players could recover. Thank you!
If they don't postpone these matches, there will come a time when we will think: "Oh, what are we going to do?" I don't have an answer right now because I haven't faced this before. I think we will make a decision based on common sense.
The club asked the Premier League to postpone the first two games for one, two or three weeks, but it was strictly forbidden! It's not going to happen," Guardiola was quoted as saying by City Xtra.
