A number of Manchester City players have signalled their opposition to the European Super League by retweeting a post from the club's official account quoting manager Pep Guardiola's views.
Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez were among the City stars who retweeted and liked the post, though the retweets were later deleted from their accounts.
It came after Guardiola hammered the concept of the Super League, saying 'sport is not sport when it doesn't matter if you lose'.
Manchester City players Aymeric Laporte (left) and Benjamin Mendy (right) liked and retweeted a post from the club's official account featuring Pep Guardiola comments critical of the launch of the European Super League
Guardiola hammered the idea that winning and losing could become insignificant in the plans
The tweet from City's official account, coming after Guardiola had spoken in his press conference previewing Wednesday's trip to Aston Villa, read: 'The boss speaks out.