Guardiola reveals plan to look after Haaland “24 hours a day”

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester Cityrevealed that the club’s medical team and physiotherapists work “24 hours a day” to that Erling Haaland be physically fit in this final phase of the season. That same Saturday city received at the Premier at leicester (in the end and with a new coach, Dean Smith).

Haalandwho signed for him City of Manchester last summer from Borussia Dortmundhas already scored 45 goals this season (counting all competitions), a record for a Premier player.

There was concern over city due to physical problems Haaland before his signing took place, as last season, 2021-22, he missed 16 games due to an injury to Dortmundalthough so far only 4 of the ‘citizen’ team have been missed by the Norwegian star.

Guardiola explained about Haaland: “I don’t know what he did Dortmund but we take care of you 24 hours a day. We have incredible doctors and physical therapists, who are behind him every second of the day.”

The coach of city He also reflected: “It’s hard to understand why you spend a lot of money (on a player) and then you leave him, I don’t know what other clubs do.” And he added that care Haaland This is even more important considering how strict the calendar is and even more special because of his height, 1.95 meters.

“Nutrition, rest, hours of sleep… We know what we have to do because he is so big. The physios take care of him, massage his back, shoulders, tendons, everything. He does a lot at the training center , more than the field game. It happens in modern football”, said Guardiola on Friday.

The city is second in the Premier6 points behind Arsenal (with a game pending for those Guardiola), dispute on Wednesday in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Bayern (which they won 3-0 in the first leg) and next Sunday they face Brighton in the FA Cup semifinals.