Pep Guardiola admitted that Manchester City could face major financial problems next season if they fail to qualify for the Champions League.
City's miserable form has seen them drop to seventh in the Premier League, with Guardiola no longer focused on winning the title and instead putting all his efforts into trying to steady the ship.
With one win from their last eight matches city With the move further and further away from the Champions League qualifying positions, Guardiola admitted that his team may face a big problem if it fails to qualify for the first European competition.
“Financial matters are of course a problem, but it's not just that,” Guardiola said. “Now we are in danger. Of course we are.
“When I said before (this could happen), people laughed. This is arrogance: we won the Premier League.
“They said: 'Oh, qualifying for the Champions League is not a big success'. I know that (it can happen), because it happens with clubs in this country. They dominated for many years, and after many years, they don't qualify.” For the European Champions League.
“The only team that has been in the Champions League for 11 or 12 years is Manchester City… If we don't qualify it's because we don't deserve it. Because we weren't ready.” Because we had a lot of problems and we couldn't solve those problems and find a way to win games. “There are a lot of competitors to be there, that's very important for every club, and if we don't win games, we're out.”
City will get the chance to close the gap on their competition on Thursday when they host Everton in an early match on Boxing Day.