Guardiola talks about leaving Man City and names the condition for his departure

There was a period this season when rumors about Pep Guardiola leaving his post as Manchester City head coach were swirling everywhere. While those whispers have died down, the Spaniard has reignited the conversation—albeit, perhaps, with a touch of irony.

Details: The Manchester City manager admitted that working with a large squad is a challenge for him, and if the club keeps expanding the roster, he will leave. According to Guardiola, he finds it tough to tell five or six players at once that they'll be watching the match from the stands.

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Quote: "I told the club I don't want this [a bigger squad]. I don't want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I don't want that. I will leave. Make the squad smaller and I will stay. I can't wrap my head around telling my players in the stands that they can't play.

Right now, we've just managed to bring players back. Maybe for three or four months we couldn't even pick 11 players—we had no defenders, it was so tough. Then people come back, but next season, it can't be like this.

As a manager, I can't coach 24 players, and every time I select a squad, I have to leave four, five, six players in Manchester at home because they can't play. That can't happen. I told the club I don't want this," Guardiola stated.