Pep Guardiola insisted that the stars of Manchester City do not earn bonuses this season – even if they lift the Club World Cup.
City goes to Bournemouth on Sunday and strives for a seventh consecutive FA Cup Semi -final, but has a struggle to qualify for next year's Champions League after an indifferent campaign.
The Club World Cup, held in America in June and July, has a potential prize pool of £ 97 million for the winners – based on a number of factors – and would swell the treasury for a summer transfer.
City, who offers seven -digit bonuses to Guardiola and his top players for winning the Champions League, would pay nicely for the victory in America.
“We don't earn it this season,” said Guardiola. 'We don't earn a bonus this season. Bonus if we win is for the club. Managers, staff, players we don't deserve it. Not even a watch. '
The current holders, City, are confronted with Wydad, Al Ain and Juventus in their club World Cup group and could meet Real Madrid in the early knockout rounds.
Guardiola admitted that the Premier League champions are still in the dark about the next movement of Kevin De Bruyne, with the Talisman from contract at the end of the season.
City should negotiate an extension of two weeks with De Bruyne if the Belgian would see through the tournament.
Guardiola believes that City, who has only won two of their last six league games, can use the unrest of the campaign to jump a challenge in the next term.
“We will learn,” he added. 'We learn bad moments at good moments. Experiences often happen and we don't learn and happen again.
'A good lesson for me personally, I learned a lot and hopefully also for the club. I said that in the past the qualification for the Champions League is a huge success and that people did not believe me. Now they believe me. '
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