Guardiola serious about player welfare

The City squad have already been in lockdown for over a fortnight during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with no visitors allowed at the club’s Etihad training campus.

Players including Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne have all been handed personal fitness programmes by Guardiola’s conditioning staff.

The City boss is understandably concerned how much fitness levels will be impacted by the footballing shutdown, with soccer chiefs still intent on concluding the current campaign when it is considered safe enough to do so.

It’s understood Guardiola, always the man for the small details, has been going out of his way to check on the welfare of all his staff.