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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has called on the Premier League to reduce the number of teams.<\/p>\n

Guardiola says this will improve the leagues overall quality and appeal, as talks of a European Super League continues to swirl.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard believes retaining the sentimentality and history of domestic competitions and improving on them, is the most important thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a feeling that we can\u2019t lose what local leagues mean, what it means to play in the FA Cup, what it means to play in the league,\u201d Guardiola said ahead of City\u2019s clash with Cheltenham Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we should do is make every league in Europe stronger than what it is, less teams, better championships, better League One, better League Two, better Premier League with less teams in every competition. Go for quality over quantity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to make a super Premier League [and] for that you have to reduce teams. But we can\u2019t kill lower divisions. That\u2019s something that is so important. It\u2019s not about other benefits, it\u2019s about how important sentimentally it is having your own league for every country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has called on the Premier League to reduce the number of teams. Guardiola says this will improve the leagues overall quality and appeal, as talks of a European Super League continues to swirl. 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