Guardiola said the expanded Club World Cup would make it even more difficult for clubs to manage player workload.
United are six-times League Cup winners, most recently lifting the trophy in 2022-23 with Ten Hag at the helm.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
The British Govt amended the Special License enabling Chelsea FC to sell tickets to select competitions to fans
Karim Benzema's hat-trick earned Real Madrid a 3-1 win at reigning European champions Chelsea in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. In another quarter-final match, Villarreal stunned six times European Cup winners Bayern Munich 1-0.
Both managers were fined by the FA but only Tuchel will serve a ban as he was found "largely culpable" for the fracas following the managers' post-match handshake.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Wednesday.
Chelsea will look to make amends after being runners-up to Leicester City and Arsenal in the last two seasons
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Ruben Amorim is set to become the next manager of Manchester United with the Premier League club prepared to pay Sporting the 10 million euros ($10.79 million) release clause, the Portuguese club said on Tuesday.
Liverpool held their nerve to win an astonishing penalty shoot-out 11-10 and edge out Chelsea in the English League Cup final on Sunday after a rip-roaring contest had somehow ended 0-0 after extra time at Wembley.
A video circulating on social media that showed members of the Argentina national team singing about France striker Kylian Mbappe's African descent.
Manchester City defender John Stones headed a controversial stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday that took them top of the Premier League and set a club record of 31 league games unbeaten.
Romelu Lukaku scored for Chelsea in a 5-1 FA Cup third-round victory
Chelsea have been charged with two counts of disorderly conduct during their ill-tempered 1-1 draw against Liverpool at the weekend, the Football Association said on Wednesday.
A striker was the need of the hour for Wolves, who have scored only three goals in six league games -- the least among all 20 teams.
Goals in each half from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic earned defending champions Chelsea a solid 2-0 first-leg victory over Lille in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Williams and Hamilton have pledged an estimated 10 million pounds ($13.06 million) each to the bid.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Arsenal took the race to the final day last season and are strongly tipped to end Manchester City's dominance this time.
Alexander Isak's early headed goal lifted Newcastle to a 1-0 victory over Arsenal on Saturday at St. James' Park, as Eddie Howe's men delivered a blow to Arsenal's title chase with their first win in six Premier League outings.
Federico Valverde finished off a stunning move in extra time to give Real Madrid a 3-2 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona
Argentina host Chile at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on September 5 before facing Colombia five days later in Barranquilla.
On Tuesday the consortium, which agreed terms to acquire Chelsea for 4.25 billion pounds ($5.33 billion) earlier this month, passed the Premier League Owners' and Directors' Test.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night.
Real Madrid saw off a stirring Chelsea fightback to book their place in the Champions League semi-finals following a 3-2 defeat after extra time in a scintillating second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday to go through 5-4 on aggregate.
Soccer's player transfer system will be in the spotlight and could even be on the brink of collapse on Friday when the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announces its ruling on former France player Lassana Diarra's case against FIFA.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Saturday
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold scored with a spectacular strike as they overcame the loss of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests and conceding an early goal to beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday.
Earlier on Wednesday, Reuters reported that Swiss business tycoon Hansjoerg Wyss is considering buying football club Chelsea from Abramovich, Wyss told Swiss newspaper Blick as British lawmakers continued to push for sanctions against the billionaire.
The couple, who got engaged in early 2023 in South Africa, shared their joyous news on Instagram with a combined post.
Chelsea won their second Champions League title and denied Pep Guardiola's Manchester City their first with Kai Havertz grabbing a first-half goal to secure a 1-0 win in Saturday's all-English final at the Estadio Do Dragao in Porto.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
'All professional players have been affected by these illegal rules (in force since 2001!) and can therefore now seek compensation for their losses.'
Chelsea struggled to deal with Barca's punishing press and they went 2-0 behind in the 14th minute
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