Pep Guardiola has held discussions with his Manchester City stars about staying safe during the upcoming international break while he prepares for a brief personal sabbatical after overseeing an exhausting 23 games in 79 days since the turn of the year.
City’s 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final win at Everton on Saturday kept them on course for an unprecedented Quadruple and the last thing Guardiola wants is for players to return with positive Covid tests after representing their countries.
‘We have spoken about this, to be careful, but you don’t what is going to happen,’ admitted the City manager.