Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Football League managers have lined up to oppose Pep Guardiola's suggestion that Manchester City's Elite Development Squad would be better competing regularly in the Championship or League One.
Guardiola made the comments after using eight academy products in City's Carabao Cup win against third-tier Wycombe, six of whom were making their debuts.
Asked after the game how valuable the experience was for his young defenders playing against Wycombe's 39-year-old striker Adebayo Akinfenwa on a regular basis, Guardiola said: "They can have this freedom because they train with us.
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