Guardiola is ringing the changes on and off the pitch (Picture: Getty Images)

New Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is ripping up the rule book page-by-page.

Not content with reinventing the way football should be played during his spell in charge of Barcelona, the Spaniard has brought his revolutionary approach across to the UK by scrapping one of football’s longstanding traditions.

The pre-match hotel get together.

As is tradition for most clubs across Europe, City’s players have previously met the night before a game to stay overnight together.


Pep Guardiola is not following the lead of his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini (Picture: Getty Images)

The squad used stayed at city centre hotels before home games.

But since the end of 2014, the first team have tended to stay the club’s CFA training base.



Now, Guardiola is set to scrap the meet up altogether and allow his players to stay at home the night before a game.

It is a policy he has implemented at previous clubs, with players allowed to do as they please provided they follow certain rules.

Germany international Leroy Sane is the latest addition to City’s squad (Picture: Getty Images)

This would be the latest off-field change of his short tenure which has already seen any player deemed overweight barred from first-team training and certain junk foods banned.

On the pitch too Guardiola is making his mark, with Leroy Sane the latest player to move to Manchester under his watch.

The 20-year-old German joined from Schalke in a deal worth £37m.

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