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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says it will be \u201cimpossible\u201d for his side to repeat last season\u2019s Treble success.<\/p>\n
City finished 2022-23 with a hat-trick of major trophies and begin this year\u2019s Premier League campaign against newly promoted Burnley on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is once in a lifetime,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cIt will not be possible to do what we did last season.\u201d<\/p>\n
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City are bidding to be the first team in history to win four successive English top-flight titles.<\/p>\n
But Guardiola said winning the league, Champions League and FA Cup again would be too difficult.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe climbed the highest mountain last season, but in the last two days we came down from it and now we start again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone has the same intention and there will be a lot of difficulties to climb the mountain as high as possible. Our football, our level, our mentality will dictate how the season will be.\u201d<\/p>\n
City will be bolstered by new signings Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic when they come up against former captain Vincent Kompany\u2019s Burnley at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n
Guardiola said both players were \u201cready\u201d and could be involved in the opening match of the season while uncertainty remains around the City futures of defender Kyle Walker and winger Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n
The City boss said the club \u201cwish\u201d Walker stays and he does not know what will happen with 21-year-old Palmer, who has been\u00a0linked with a move to West Ham.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Palmer is] with us. What will happen, I don\u2019t know,\u201d said Guardiola. \u201cI understand he wants to be more active than the previous season but Riyad [Mahrez] is gone, there is one more place there. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his news conference on Thursday, Guardiola would not comment on West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta, who has been\u00a0linked with the club this week.<\/p>\n
\u2018Nothing will change\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n City\u2019s campaign for further success this season will be made difficult by an even more congested fixture schedule, with the club also involved in the Club World Cup and European Super Cup.<\/p>\n Concerns have been raised frequently by Premier League managers that the schedule is too demanding and that players and coaches do not get enough say in the packed calendar.<\/p>\n \u201cWe go to meetings [with Uefa and Premier League] but they don\u2019t pay any attention,\u201d said Guardiola.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have enough days to play all these games in all competitions. When a team in the Premier League doesn\u2019t play in Europe, it is not a problem, but people say we play in the same conditions. We don\u2019t \u2013 we play more games.\u201d<\/p>\n Guardiola has also been critical of the new officiating directive which will see matches have more injury time this season to accurately reflect stoppages in play.<\/p>\n City conceded a 101st-minute equaliser in their Community Shield match against Arsenal, eventually\u00a0losing on penalties.<\/p>\n He said there are already too many matches without significant periods of extra time being added on but that the\u00a0\u201cbig brain guys\u201d\u00a0make decisions without consulting players and managers.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no more days, more games, so you can\u2019t give a day off to the players,\u201d Guardiola added.<\/p>\n \u201cThis argument is from a long time ago and it is getting worse but what can I do? They decide. Nothing will change.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been saying it. Jurgen Klopp has been saying it. When we are invited to Uefa meetings, we cannot go because we are busy. I have to prepare. I don\u2019t have time.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n