{"id":303407,"date":"2022-12-25T09:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T04:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=303407"},"modified":"2022-12-25T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T04:06:04","slug":"phillips-returned-from-world-cup-overweight-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/phillips-returned-from-world-cup-overweight-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips returned from World Cup \u2018overweight\u2019: Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LONDON<br \/>\nPep Guardiola said Friday that Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips had returned from his World Cup stint with England \u201coverweight\u201d and unable to train.<br \/>\nCity manager Guardiola was initially vague over why the injury-prone 27-year-old was not even on the bench for Thursday\u2019s League Cup win over holders Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.<br \/>\nBut following a 3-2 victory that took City into the quarter-finals, Guardiola said: \u201cHe\u2019s not injured. He arrived overweight. I don\u2019t know (why). He didn\u2019t arrive in the condition to do training sessions and to play.\u201d<br \/>\nCity had 16 players on international duty at the World Cup, more than any other Premier League club, and they were all given time off after their involvement at Qatar 2022 ended, which in Phillips\u2019 case came after England\u2019s quarter-final loss to France.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen he will be ready he will play, because we need him, we need him a lot,\u201d said Guardiola, who added he had \u201cabsolutely\u201d no issue with England\u2019s training regime.<br \/>\nAsked if he was disappointed, the Spanish boss replied: \u201cIt\u2019s a private conversation with Kalvin\u201d.<br \/>\nCity resume their Premier League title defence away to Phillips\u2019 former club Leeds on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON Pep Guardiola said Friday that Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips had returned from his World Cup stint with England \u201coverweight\u201d and unable to train. City manager Guardiola was initially vague over why the injury-prone 27-year-old was not even on the bench for Thursday\u2019s League Cup win over holders Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium. 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