{"id":68368,"date":"2014-11-25T09:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=68368"},"modified":"2014-11-25T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:37:35","slug":"players-may-leave-man-city-exit-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/players-may-leave-man-city-exit-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Players ‘may leave’ if Man City exit Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri says players may be replaced if his side fail to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.<\/p>\n
City are bottom of Group E, with two points from four matches and could be eliminated if they fail to beat Bayern Munich at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“We need to do something or otherwise next year it’s going to be new players and new everything,” Nasri, 27, said.<\/p>\n
City have never progressed beyond the last-16 stage of the competition.<\/p>\n
They could suffer a group-stage exit for a third time in four years if they lose and either CSKA Moscow or Roma win in the other group match.<\/p>\n
Manager Manuel Pellegrini led the Premier League champions to the knockout stages for the first time last season.<\/p>\n
“Let’s be honest, with the salary of every player and the level of those players, 90% of the team are world class, then not to qualify from the first round of the Champions League would be a huge blow for the club – and for us as well,” Nasri told national newspaper reporters.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan and the Abu Dhabi ruling familyhave spent \u00a3750m on players<\/span>