Carabao Cup Final: Does Guardiola have a point about Guehi’s availability?

Guardiola has a point if you think there is a contradiction between the rules of the two competitions.

The Premier League changed the cup tie rule with a major restriction relating to the first leg of the semi-final.

Antoine Semenyo was signed from Bournemouth and Max Allen was recalled from his loan at Watford ahead of City’s 2-0 win over Newcastle on 13 January. Both can play for two teams in the Carabao Cup.

However, Juehi missed the deadline by seven days.

On the other hand, the FA has no deadline other than the normal closing of the winter transfer window.

Therefore, although Guehi featured for Crystal Palace in their FA Cup third round defeat to Macclesfield, he could feature for City against Salford in the fourth round on February 14.

Guardiola may have an argument that there is no real logic to that arbitrary Carabao Cup date.

Also keep in mind that had Guehi not played for Palace or if he had signed from a European club he would have been able to play for City against Newcastle and Arsenal.

The Premier League may argue that the rules are set at the start of the season and that clubs know the deadline to sign a cup-bound player.

However, the Premier League has already amended the rules once this season.

The original rule change states that a player who plays for his parent club and then goes out on loan can play for another club.

But the wording did not include the player He pointed out From the loan.

Marc Guyot moved on loan from Chelsea to Sunderland and scored for the Black Cats in their 1-1 draw with Huddersfield, a tie which they lost on penalties.

After Chelsea struggled with injury problems, Guyot was sent back to Stamford Bridge before the summer window closed.

Chelsea did not realize that the striker was eligible to play for them.

The Premier League has made it clear that in order to achieve consistency, the change must also apply to players who have been called up.

Guiu then played twice for Chelsea in the competition, against Cardiff and Arsenal.

The Premier League says this does not change the basic principle of playing for two teams. The deadline for the semi-finals remained constant.

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