Pep Guardiola: Man City need help in January

Pep Guardiola desires “assist” within the January switch window as he tries to revive Manchester Metropolis’s stuttering season.

The defending Premier League champions signed off on 2024 with a battling 2-0 win away at Leicester Metropolis.

It marked solely a second victory of their final 14 video games throughout all competitions, as Guardiola celebrated 500 matches in cost.

Guardiola is anticipated to be backed by the Metropolis hierarchy within the mid-season window – regardless of his indication after the Leicester recreation {that a} title problem is over – and the previous Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss desires “assist” to cut back the stress on his injury-hit squad.

“In some positions we want assist,” Guardiola instructed BBC Sport after seeing targets from Savinho and Erling Haaland propel his crew to victory on the King Energy Stadium.

“Once we’re all collectively we’re the crew we had been however with necessary gamers out for weeks and months it’s so tough.”

500 – Pep Guardiola at this time turns into the primary supervisor to take cost of a Premier League membership 500 occasions in all competitions since David Moyes reached that determine for Everton in January 2013. Landmark. pic.twitter.com/KdjZ23YqKa

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Metropolis are fifth, 14 factors behind league leaders Liverpool, and Guardiola has given up any hope of retaining the title.

“We’re far-off from profitable the Premier League,” he stated.

“We settle for there’s already no likelihood of that however we now have different issues to struggle for: FA Cup, high 4, and profitable video games helps that.”