Man City players’received a public safety alert’ on their phones and were instructed to remain indoors
Manchester City has been touring East Asia in preparation for the upcoming season.
Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, commented on the difficulties of preparing for a new season in far-flung locations.
His Sky Blues players were recently instructed to “avoid outdoor activities” during their Asia preseason tour.
The popularity of City’s players and personnel in South Korea and Japan is unprecedented.
The club is estimated to have earned more than £15 million from the tour after selling out three preseason matches in minutes.
The match against Yokohama F. Marinos drew a larger crowd than previous matches against Manchester United or Arsenal.
Overall, Guardiola and company’s trip was a commercial success, although it may not have been the best site to prepare for the rigors of 2023/24.
The Athletic reports that upon landing in Seoul, City players received a ‘noisy public safety alert’ on their phones warning them of a heat wave.
Pep Guardiola toured East Asia with Manchester City.
The reigning treble victors were advised to refrain from extracurricular activities, take care of their health, and consume copious amounts of water.
Guardiola refrained from whining despite the potential inconvenience posed by East Asia’s extreme summer conditions.
“Listen, when I was younger I was grumpy all the time — ‘I cannot train, I cannot do this’,” He affirmed. “Now I am getting older and I learn you have to adjust better.
“It is what it is, survive the heat, take good rhythm from the good games you play and go back to Manchester.
“If you cannot train because it is 50 degrees and humid, you don’t train and nothing will happen. It doesn’t matter. These guys play 60 games a season.
“Today managers at this level don’t have to have training, just be here because the club needs to do that for commercial issues and we have to do it.
” If people say go there, we go with a big smile, try to do good training sessions and not to get injuries, and come back.”
Ruben Dias scored the equalizer for Manchester City in their preseason loss to Atletico Madrid.
A victory over Yokohama F. Marinos by a score of 5-3 was followed by victories over Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid by the same score.
Sunday, Ruben Dias scored against the Rojiblancos, who were already leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Yannick Carrasco and Memphis Depay.
This weekend, City will face Arsenal in a Community Shield matchup that promises to be a mouth-watering affair.
The Gunners finished five points behind Guardiola in the Premier League title competition from the previous season.
Man City players’received a public safety alert’ on their phones and were instructed to remain indoors
