Holiday at Celtic Manor
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:14 am'.....nightmare scenario of 2 trips to Wales.......'
Once is bad enough!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... paign=1490
Manchester City are staying at five-star Celtic Manor for the week because of a double-header with Swansea City.
Pep Guardiola’s squad will spend four nights at the retreat and have been given permission by FA Wales to utilise their Dragon Park training facilities nearby.
It is a move partly facilitated by coach Mikel Arteta, who completed his coaching badges at the Welsh equivalent of St George’s Park alongside Chris Coleman’s assistant Osian Roberts.
City faced the nightmare scenario of two trips to south Wales within three days of each other this week.
First they travel to the Liberty Stadium on Wednesday night for the EFL Cup third round clash before the Premier League fixture there on Saturday afternoon.
Doing the 460-mile round trip twice did not appeal to Guardiola, who sought a base for the week instead.
City checked in at Celtic Manor, an hour’s drive away from Swansea, on Tuesday and will remain there until Saturday.
Guardiola outlined the club’s logic, saying: ‘We play Wednesday and Saturday. We play at night on the Wednesday. We are going to finish late.
‘If we come back to Manchester on the Thursday for regeneration and then on the Friday morning, we have to come back again.
‘I would prefer to be there for the regeneration because this week is so important for us. We have two Premier League away games.
‘We have a crucial game in the Champions League in Glasgow, I want us to have a good regeneration, and train well, prepare as well as possible for our two games in Swansea, for our game in the Champions League and for Tottenham away. Everybody will travel down.’
Once is bad enough!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... paign=1490
Manchester City are staying at five-star Celtic Manor for the week because of a double-header with Swansea City.
Pep Guardiola’s squad will spend four nights at the retreat and have been given permission by FA Wales to utilise their Dragon Park training facilities nearby.
It is a move partly facilitated by coach Mikel Arteta, who completed his coaching badges at the Welsh equivalent of St George’s Park alongside Chris Coleman’s assistant Osian Roberts.
City faced the nightmare scenario of two trips to south Wales within three days of each other this week.
First they travel to the Liberty Stadium on Wednesday night for the EFL Cup third round clash before the Premier League fixture there on Saturday afternoon.
Doing the 460-mile round trip twice did not appeal to Guardiola, who sought a base for the week instead.
City checked in at Celtic Manor, an hour’s drive away from Swansea, on Tuesday and will remain there until Saturday.
Guardiola outlined the club’s logic, saying: ‘We play Wednesday and Saturday. We play at night on the Wednesday. We are going to finish late.
‘If we come back to Manchester on the Thursday for regeneration and then on the Friday morning, we have to come back again.
‘I would prefer to be there for the regeneration because this week is so important for us. We have two Premier League away games.
‘We have a crucial game in the Champions League in Glasgow, I want us to have a good regeneration, and train well, prepare as well as possible for our two games in Swansea, for our game in the Champions League and for Tottenham away. Everybody will travel down.’
