Ruben Dias warns Manchester City’s rivals there is still ‘a ton much more to come’ from Pep Guardiola’s Treble winners
Ruben Dias has warned that Manchester Town will not relaxation right after producing history, shutting down any concept of complacency amid Pep Guardiola’s squad.
City connected back again up this week and arrived in Tokyo for their pre-season tour on Thursday forward of defending 3 trophies – together with the Champions League.
Dias disclosed that he could not take in in the hrs right before Metropolis conquered Europe in Istanbul but thinks jumping that remaining hurdle will act as a springboard for further more accomplishment.
‘For you to imagine that is all I have to have to realize, you have to have to be tiny-minded or not extremely formidable,’ the central defender stated.
‘Obviously you could consider that your career is accomplished, “oh I gained the Champions League, now I can cling up my boots”. But with my occupation, even even though it has been great so far, there is so substantially much more to do.
Ruben Dias has bashed absent any idea of complacency affecting Manchester Town subsequent time
Town dominated last year as they clinched the Premier League, FA Cup, and ended their wait for the Champions League
‘Yes, very last time was lovely but it really is just one component. Sure, we won the Treble and it truly is incredible, but there is a whole lot more to arrive.
‘It’s ingrained in us. I have completed it when and I can normally do it 2 times, three occasions or 4 times. I want to make guaranteed that my quantities will be great enough to be remembered for a whilst, if not forever.’
Guardiola has squad problems to fix around the coming weeks, not the very least changing captain Ilkay Gundogan, who remaining on a totally free transfer for Barcelona. Dias is a applicant to just take on that job, with the players and staff members set to vote on their 5-man leadership team right after the tour.
The 26-yr-aged appears all set to kick on in what resembled a rallying cry before Town kick off their preparations versus their sister club Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan on Sunday.
‘One major factor at this club is to lastly win the Champions League – that will indicate less force,’ Dias additional.
‘It’ll be a little something fantastic for the staff, pursuing the dream once again. The strain will appear, there will be tense times, but we’ve been there and finished it. That is effective as an additional plus, not a minus.
‘All of us have focused the time to consider about it [the Treble] but maybe not far too a great deal. I selected not to. It was the most critical matter to sense it and embrace it. We know it happened, the Treble, the titles, whichever, but know you have to forget about what you have just do it all over again.
‘I will not consider ambition will be a dilemma, since that is the path the club set out for. This club hires based on identity and what type of gentleman you are. That is 1 of the reasons why that deficiency of ambition is never ever an difficulty.’
Town manager Pep Guardiola needs to find replacements through the transfer window for the likes of Ilkay Gundogan