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Guardiola bans overweight players from training

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8 years ago

July 27, 2016

Guardiola bans overweight players from training

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has claimed that ‘danger’s coming’ for footballers who are overweight amid claims that players will be banned from training if they are not fit enough.

Left-back Gael Clichy has revealed that the team’s new boss has prohibited the squad from eating junk food, and some players have not been allowed to train with their teammates because they are not at the correct weight.

The 31-year-old described the strict regime, which Guardiola implemented at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, as “refreshing”.

“If your weight is too high, you’re not training with the team,” Clichy told reporters. “You hear it a lot but, for my part, it’s the first time any manager has really done it, and we have a few players who are not training with the team yet.”

When asked about the ban in Wednesday’s press conference, the manager told reporters: “They are not overweight, but I want my players fit. The weight is so, so important. You need to run, fight, jump, head the ball and then after two days you need to do it again.”

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