“You purchase a participant for some huge cash and he’s not in a position to play for a rule I do not perceive. Hopefully they’ll change it,” he added.
Metropolis’s different January signing, winger Antoine Semenyo, arrived on the membership from Bournemouth 4 days previous to their journey to the north east for the primary leg towards Newcastle, by which he scored.
“Antoine arrived earlier than the primary [game] so may play. And now it is the ultimate. Why ought to he [Guehi] not play? Why not? We pay his wage, he’s our participant,” Guardiola added.
“I stated to the membership, they should ask, undoubtedly. I do not perceive the explanation why he can not play within the ultimate in March, when I’ve been right here for a very long time.
“The principles to purchase a participant relies on Fifa, Uefa, the Premier League who say, OK the switch window is open, if you purchase a participant it’s a must to play, no? It is logic. In fact we’re going to attempt to ask [for] him to play. Pure logic.
Requested what he thought the reply can be from the EFL, Metropolis’s Spanish boss, added: “No. However we are going to strive.”
Metropolis have already benefited from one rule change this season that allowed gamers to play for 2 groups in the identical competitors, as a substitute of being cup tied.
That allowed Semenyo and Max Alleyne to function within the semi-final matches, regardless of showing for Bournemouth and Watford respectively in earlier rounds.
