Former Manchester City captain: The core leadership group is a good idea, and it's important for the team to have a group of leaders

In an interview with the club's official media, former Manchester City captain Paul Bauer praised the team's current leadership group, saying that this is a great note because considering the number of games the team has to play now, a player will not play all the games.

Bauer said, "I think the core leadership group is a good idea, a great idea, and ideally it would always be like that. When I was Captain Manchester City, when we had players like Corrigan and Turter who were more experienced than me, that role really shouldn't have been on me. ”

"But for some reason, Malcolm Allison made the decision that maybe I did a great job of dealing with things like media. So Malcolm gave me the opportunity to be captain and obviously I'm very grateful for that, but you always have to listen to the experienced players in the dressing room. ”

"I remember when Billy McNeil was manager of Manchester City, he signed a lot of Scottish players and we had players like Derrick Parran, Gordon Smith, Neil McNab and Jim Tormy. In my experience, you have more experienced players to turn to, you can communicate with them and things get better. ”

"As captain you get a lot of credit because you represent the dressing room and it's also an honour, that's totally right. But considering the number of games the team is going to play right now, that means one player won't play all the games. So it's a great honour for all of these people to be part of a strong leadership group for a club like Manchester City, to be the representatives of the players. ”

'I do think it's very important for the team to have a great group of leaders, especially now that clubs like Manchester City are top internationals, they come from all over the world, they have different cultures, and it can be quite difficult to explain those different cultures and different languages in the dressing room.

"So, you can bring together more experienced players and make it easier for players to be part of the club, especially those from different countries, which is a better situation. It's also about respect, they're all experienced veteran internationals and they've earned respect, so I think in that respect, it's really good news that they're in the leadership group. ”

Subsequently, Bauer also pointed to the harmony and unity of the Manchester City dressing room, which is the basis for the team's success over the past few years. Bauer went on to say: "We all know that Guardiola's standards are very high and the type of player he wants in the dressing room says it all. ”

"What he wants is players who never have any hostility, even when they can't play, and everything will be resolved within this big family. He really knows the personality in the dressing room and makes the atmosphere there like they did on the pitch, happy and clean, and he's excellent at that. ”

(Ma Dongyu)