Pep Guardiola: “What I want is my players back, to have the squad. I have the same feeling that the squad is really good, the problem is we didn't have it. The problem is not that they are good or bad players, it's not about that, it's we didn't have them.”

“What is going to happen in winter, what is happening at the end of the season, the club, and of course myself, we are going to decide what is the best for the team.”

It is not likely that any Man City players will leave the club during the January transfer window, says Pep Guardiola.

Pep: “I don't think so.”

Pep Guardiola: “We made a good two training sessions [this week], today the third. Yeah, good. We trained good, the guys are ready.”

“We are not winning games, we have to win games, it doesn't matter the circumstances of the problems, we have to do it. And we are not doing that! And I know that in the moment that we can get a good result, all the team is coming back, and we will be back.”

That is the end of the open section of Pep Guardiola's pre-Manchester United press conference.

More from 10:30PM (UK) on Saturday night.

Pep Guardiola on Ruben Amorim: “His influence is already there [at Manchester United]; all the patterns they start to do it, how good the movements everyone does it, and the runners, and the pace. Yeah, he will do a good job in United, I'm pretty sure of that, he will do it!”

“I would like to play the game we played in Lisbon on Sunday [against Manchester United], believe me! The way we played in Lisboa, I would like to play on Sunday. I don't know if we will be able to do it because for many reasons, but we will see.”

Pep Guardiola: “Why is Nathan [Ake] injured again? Why? He played 90 minutes, and 90 minutes. Three days later after being on the table massage, one month and a half [out injured]. Training one day and a half. And recovery training sessions, 90 minutes, and 90 minutes. If I had John [Stones], and I had Manu [Akanji], Nathan would play 90 minutes, and not play 90 minutes. And when the people say, 'Why make the substitutions against Feyenoord on 75 minutes?!' It was 3-0, and I have to take care of them, with their history like that.”

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Pep Guardiola on Nathan Aké’s injury: “I don't know. We will see tomorrow. But unfortunately, yeah... he's a really, really important player.”

“Nathan [Aké], it doesn't look good, we will see tomorrow. Manu [Akanji] has struggled a lot over the last two months. I thank them for the effort they do.”

“I was sad for Nathan [Aké], but we'll see. I think with Manu [Akanji] maybe not Selhurst Park [against Crystal Palace], we'll see, I don't know in Turin [against Juventus] or next games. But we'll see. Nathan I think will be longer.”