Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola may decide not to play youngsters after all against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup
Pep Guardiola played down the idea of using many academy players in the Carabao Cup despite being without six first-team stars.
"I would like to tell you, I especially would like to know it, but I don't know," he said. "He feels better to train but to go to the level we need for competition when you kick the ball or something he still has pain. Kevin has to feel good to express the huge talent that he has.READ MORE: Man City number one manager target as Amorim agrees to join Man United
Guardiola had talked about playing youngsters in the cup to ease the workload on his depleted first team squad. The City manager admitted that he needs to have one eye on Bournemouth and other games on the horizon, but isn't sure about how fair it would be to throw untested academy players into such a testing environment with Spurs out to change their mood.
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