Guardiola: I will play against the neighborhood where I live, and I am not interested in this matter

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola appeared in a press conference, to talk about tomorrow’s confrontation against Salford City, in the third round of the FA Cup.

Al-Mardab said: “ I've lived in Salford for the last eight years so I'll be playing against my neighbourhood, my hometown, I have a lot of respect for the manager Carl Robinson, we played years ago at Oxford and when he was assistant to Sam Allardyce at Leeds."

He added: "The last six matches, six clean sheets and six wins, so I have great respect for them and what they are doing, and the intensity, and we will take it seriously, as We always did, we hope we can put in a good match and get three wins in a row - it's been a long time since that happened."

He continued: "Ruben Diaz feels better but he is not... Ready. I don't know when, Oscar Pope is training with the team in part. This is news Good for us. It was a broken bone. Now that he has recovered, he is fine, but the good news is that he is back, Ederson is fine, and Stones is not ready."

He stressed:" Erling had problems at Dortmund a year before he arrived here, three or four years ago actually, but since he arrived, except for one period where he has been very consistent in terms of injuries and he is fit, the treble year has been amazing. Last season, he scored goals but struggled a little bit, this year, I felt like he was incredibly focused. When you have a focus and your goal is to be fit, you are always fit, which our physiotherapists take care of really well. He spends a lot of time here, and that's why he's ready.

"Salford are in League Two now, I'm quite sure they want to do like Stockport and other clubs," he said. And of course, it is a goal because they love it. The higher the club’s level, the better the perspective.”

He concluded: “Will you buy a club in the future? As a coach, I am good But as a businessman, I am not good. No, I am not interested in buying a club ".