Pep Guardiola has gone on a furious rant about how many games players are subjected to play.

Manchester City skipper Kevin De Bruyne has suffered an injury that will keep him out for four months.

This comes after a long-term injury to Real Madrid duo Thibaut Courtois and Eder Militao.

Guardiola has bemoaned the number of games these players are subjected to play.

The Man City boss said: “In my first preseason [as a player], I had 25 days to prepare the first official match against Skonto Riga to qualify to the Champions League that we eventually won.

“Now they give you four, five days, and then look how many ACLs [cruciate ligament injuries].

“They make you go to Asia, to the US, really strong matches, derbies, big games… And people fall, they will keep falling and falling… Because the show must go on and if Courtois isn’t there, then someone else will be, right? And if Militao isn’t there, then someone else will, and if Kevin [De Bruyne] isn’t there, then someone else will.

“You finish the Champions League, then they go to play with the national teams for 2-3 weeks… And I’m not saying playing with the national team is bad. And then let’s see the Club World Cup when the year ends, having to travel to the United States with 30-something clubs when it used to be just the Libertadores and the Champions League.

“It’s too much, so… we’ll have to adapt, try to go through it, train very little, stay a lot of time at home and bring energy to the games.”