Pep Guardiola has banned pizza for his Manchester City players and will not allow players to train if they're overweight.

Guardiola has already excluded some of his squad, with those players thought to be on individual conditioning programmes, and has impressed Gail Clichy, particularly with his attention to detail.

“On the field, outside the field, every detail counts,” Clichy said. “For example, you often hear managers say being healthy is really important. With him, if you’re weight is too high, you’re not training with the team. That is the first thing and you can hear it a lot, but for my part it’s the first time any manager has really done it. So we have a few players who are not training with the team yet.”

Guardiola has been clear about the squad’s diet. “He cut out some juice and pizza and all the heavy food is not allowed,” said the 31-year-old. “Some people think: ‘That’s normal, it should be like this.’ But in truth it’s not always like this and I know because I’ve been playing football for a long time. It’s really refreshing and very exciting.”