Pep Guardiola admitted the size of Manchester City’s squad is unhealthy for morale and claimed a number of players will leave before September.
City currently have 30 senior professionals on their books and at least six are set to depart over the coming weeks.
Guardiola, who saw Erling Haaland score a brace as they beat Wolves 4-0, fears that the backroom staff will struggle to keep players together in unison without a raft of departures.
‘We have too many people,’ Guardiola said. ‘It’s not about Eddy, today we didn’t have Rodri, Phil (Foden), (Mateo) Kovacic, Savinho and Josko (Gvardiol).