Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola expects to see the benefits from Manchester City players who were granted an extra week of holiday this summer.
With a manager who regularly bemoans the burden placed on stars in the modern era, the club took the decision to allow anyone who had featured in the European Championship or Copa America four weeks of rest afterwards rather than the recommended rest however far they progressed in the respective tournament.
Given England and Brazil both reached finals, that meant Kyle Walker, Ederson, Gabriel Jesus, John Stones and Raheem Sterling only linking up with the squad a week before they kicked off their Premier League
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