Heskey spoke with Prime Casino about the prospects of the Mancunian club in the United States. Asked about the pressure exerted on City, the former Liverpool and England player suggested that the club should “Win or give everything to go as far as possible”. He also suggested that the club would appreciate the additional financial gain of a victory in the tournament, after recently invested in the new recruits Rayan Ait-Nouri and Rayan Cherki.
Pep Guardiola must perform.
Heskey does not think that Guardiola's position is threatened if City fails during the tournament, despite a disappointing season for the Sky Blues. The 2024/25 season was the first without a trophy for the PEP team, world champion, since 2016/17; The first season of PEP at the head of the club.
When asked if City was under pressure during the club World Cup, Heskey replied: “Yes, 100 %. City must win or give everything to go as far as possible, including financially. ”
“They buy all these players. They bring all these players, so it would help them too. They have just had Wolves, and Cherki from Lyon, so you really have to pay for all this. So I assume that they really have to try their luck. ”
He added: ” He will not happen to PEP if City encounters difficulties during the Club World Cup, to be honest, even if they have known a difficult year so far. Let's be honest. I would not say that he is in the balloon, but he is not far away. The strong point of Pep is that he has brought enormously to Manchester City, to the club. He brought a lot to the Premier League and the country too.
City expected at the turn
Players must therefore give everything, but I don't see any pressure on PEP if things go wrong in America.
A revigorated city team, made up of Ait-Nouri and Cherki, will start its World Cup campaign against the Moroccan Wydad AC club on Wednesday evening. The Guardiola team is one of the favorites to raise the trophy, alongside Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich.
