Pep Guardiola stated that he needs a healthy squad to handle their April workload.

“They have to go there, play with their national team, enjoy, help their own national teams but hopefully they will come back fit like they are now. You pray they come back fit. That is what I want. It’s crazy, the fixtures we have in April. That is why we need everybody," said Guardiola.

City will kick off a 6 week run at the end of this month where they'll play at least 10 matches across the league, FA Cup, and Champions League.