Manchester City decides to let U21 coach act as Guardiola s assistant coach in the Club World Cup

May 28 According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester City decided to let the U21 coach act as Guardiola's assistant coach in the Club World Cup.

It is reported that Manchester City will send U21 coach Ben Wilkinson and his assistant Craig Mulder to the Club World Cup to help Guardiola prepare for the game. Due to the reorganization of the first-team coaching team, Guardiola will lead a huge team in the United States to participate in the competition. Manchester City's participation in the reorganized FIFA Club World Cup has brought a series of complex problems to the summer and next season. The

game starts on June 14, which means players have less than three weeks of rest after the season, and many players have national team game tasks during this period. FIFA takes steps to ensure each team has the strongest roster and threaten to punish signs of weakening.

In addition, the Premier League rejected Manchester City and Chelsea's request to postpone the first game next season, which could have protected the health of the players. In view of this, Guardiola is expected to bring a huge team to the United States to share the workload and ensure that the team achieves good results in the Club World Cup without affecting the prospects of the Premier League, which will include a large number of youth training players playing with first-team stars.

Wilkinson and Mulder will help young players complete all tasks, including playing the role of opponents in training and participating in recovery training. They will support youth players to ensure they execute the head coach’s instructions as much as possible. It is unclear which other coaches Guardiola will take in the game because it is a summer full of change.

Currently, Braga is confident that he will appoint Carlos Vessen as the new head coach, while Juanma Lelo and Inigo Dominguez are expected to leave, and more people may follow, which will be the biggest behind-the-scenes team change in Guardiola's nine years of coaching. Although many assistant coaches have left in the past few years, they have never been so concentrated.

Wilkinson's performance in the youth camp was impressive. He led the U18 team to the Youth FA Cup last year and led the U21 team to a national championship last week. He also led the U19 team to the junior Champions League quarterfinals, the best result since 2018.