“At the end we finished third, not miles away from Arsenal, but the distance to Liverpool is huge. We have to improve and hopefully we can do it.”
Guardiola suggested there would be new faces in his squad next season, but “not too many” as he looks to trim the number of players in the first team.
Jack Grealish was a noticeable absentee from the match-day squad against Fulham amid questions over his future.
But asked if he was happy for the player to stay, Guardiola insisted that Grealish's absence was simply the consequence of having a big squad.
“Who said I am not happy with him? It is not personal, I don't have any problem with any of the players. I am the person who fought for him to come here, and to stay in the last season,” Guardiola said.
“In the last game we had six players who stayed at home, this time it was five. But it is that simple, it is nothing else. What happens in the future [is up to the club], not me.”
Reuters