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Pep Guardiola pointed out a lack of communication with international coaches after Manchester Metropolis captain Kyle Walker returned from England with a knee injury.
Walker is set to undergo scans on the problem detected during England's 3-1 Nations League victory in Finland and will miss the Champions League match against Sparta Prague on Wednesday.
Guardiola is still upset that John Stones suffered an abductor problem at the end of last season, after the March friendlies in which Walker also returned injured, and criticized figures such as former England manager Gareth Southgate for opting to leave. Do not ask the opinion of your club. homologs.
“When I was a player the national team coach called the clubs, now no one talks,” Guardiola said. '[About] how they feel, how they are. Maybe the physios talk but the managers never ever. In the first or second season with Gareth yes, but not now.
'I was never as angry as I was at that moment [in March]. I have never felt so disappointed before. It was a friendly match and we were playing the quarterfinals against Actual Madrid and to win the Premier League. For a friendly match, for two players who return injured. No, no, no. I didn't like it at all.
Pep Guardiola pointed out on Tuesday the lack of communication with international managers
Kyle Walker returned from recent England internationals with a knee injury
Stones was named on the bench with no prospect of playing in crucial games against Arsenal and Aston Villa, and Metropolis seemed to believe they could solve the problem.
But his fitness never recovered and, after two starts, Stones had a flare-up and were unable to contribute fully to his qualification for back-to-back Triples. Guardiola appeared to suggest that the centre-back should take charge of his own wellbeing whilst away from England.
“I always encourage them to go to the national team, but if it's a friendly match you can't come back injured, I'm sorry,” added the Catalan. “If you are focused, if it is a friendly match you cannot come back injured when you are playing in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
“Here we get paid well. The club pays us, not the teams. Sometimes you have to respect the clubs. In friendly matches you cannot get injured. You can play, of course, but you can't come back injured.”
While Guardiola claimed that Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman stays in touch about his fitness through their pre-existing relationship, the two former Barcelona and Metropolis teammates also have lingering issues with Nathan Ake's injury history. while out of Manchester.
Ake had played three minutes of football before a hamstring injury after two starts during the September international break forced him to be sidelined for more than two months.
'Nathan was injured with the national team the last two times. It happens. but josko [Gvardiol] We can't play every minute, we need Nathan. Otherwise we will not be able to compete until the last.
'Today in modern football I think the most important thing is not to train but to be in shape, without injuries. If you're injured, you lose eight games. Muscular, you lose eight games. Not having injuries is the only reason you can make it to the end of the season.
Nathan Ake also suffered an injury on international duty with Man Metropolis, leaving them thin in the left-back ranks.
'That's why you have to be so careful. I pray they are in shape. “There is no solution if they are out for a month and a half.”
Metropolis also does not have long-term absentees Rodri and Oscar Bobb. Kevin De Bruyne has started training but is expected to miss Sparta.
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