Man City footballer Samir
Nasri, currently on loan at Sevilla, has revealed how Man City coach, Pep
Guardiola, who was once a Barcelona coach, banned Barcelona player Lionel
Messi from having sexual relations after midnight. He also revealed that
Guardiola also banned the Man City team from doing the same thing so that the
players can be stronger at morning and recover from muscular injuries.
Nasri was one of a number
of players who failed to convince the Spaniard of his fitness and worth to the
team, he later joined Sevilla on a season-long loan deal in the final days of
the transfer window.
He has now revealed his
first impression of Guardiola and how their relationship was before he left on
loan.
“I’ll be honest, I fell in love with (Jorge) Sampaoli (Sevilla
coach)” Nasri admitted to L'Equipe magazine. He’s a mix between Bielsa and
Guardiola, with whom I was with in preseason and he made me realise some
things. Guardiola told me that I was a mess, he told me several times and even
kicked me in the butt, literally.
“When I returned from holiday having had a year with injury
problems and personal life problems, I was a little out of shape. Not as much
as what was said but a few, four kilos overweight; For Guardiola, over 2.5
kilos and you do not you train with the group.”
“Guardiola told me with your qualities you should not be at
Manchester City, you should be at Barcelona. We had some discussions, he wanted
me to stay and play for him. I told him no, because he couldn’t assure me a
first team place, I wanted to play. He told me he thought I was making a
mistake, but I still have a 2 year contract.
“For him, his players sexual activity must take place before midnight in
order to get a good night sleep – even if they are free tomorrow. He
(Guardiola) said that he placed this rule on Messi and his muscles improved
since.”
'He told us this is how he managed to get the best out of [Robert]
Lewandowski too and for them to avoid the maximum number of muscular injuries.
He suppressed many things that were in the kitchen.'
'With Guardiola, on the first day of training, you know how you
should play, how to squeeze and also how to stand off the ball,' he said. 'The
next day, you have videos for everything that you have to do. He will not bully
you, but he will do everything to make you progress, to get you to know you how
to position yourself and how to play. He's a picky person.'
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