The English Premier is finally set to commence on June 17, after it was suspended for about three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The suspension has affected the initial plans to complete the season and as such the leadership of the league and the various clubs have agreed to a new format to complete the rest of the 2019/2020 campaign with matches scheduled to be played after every three or four days.
Pep Guardiola has admitted that he is not sure whether his squad can cope with the schedule.
He said: ‘The players are training good but I don’t know the physical condition.
‘I think we are ready to play one game but three days after another one, and four days after another? We are not ready. That’s why you have to rotate and use all the players.
‘The way we are right now, I think other clubs and teams [as well], we don’t know. If you ask me how the team is, I don’t know.
‘Tomorrow we will see the level. From there, we are going to see and suggest what we can do better.
‘What we are worried about over the three weeks [since returning to group training] is the lack of preparation, not like in Germany or Spain where they worked five or six weeks.
‘All Premier League teams have three. We know it is not enough but it is what it is.’
It should be noted that City are still competing in the Champions League and the FA cup.
