Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry thinks that his team-mates must come to grips with the fact that spots in team will be tough to earn and praises that competition between them. City manager Roberto Mancini is looking to get rid of players like Craig Bellamy, Robinho and Stephen Ireland, who have complained about the Italian’s managerial style and questioned the way they are being used.

With City aiming to compete for the Premier League title every year, Gareth Barry thinks that the players deal with the fact that some players might not figure into Mancini’s plans this term.

“The manager has made it clear he’s got some big decisions to make on players leaving because of this new 25-player limit that’s come in,” Barry told The Mirror.

“One or two players will be upset because they no longer feature in Roberto Mancini’s plans, but that is the way the club is going and it is a feature of how the game as a whole has moved on.

“Even some of the players who are in the 25 will be upset some weeks because they are left out of the team.

“Again, that’s something you have to come to terms with if you want to play for a club that is aiming as high as we are.

“I have loved seeing new players arrive this summer and if more come in that’s even better.

City narrowly missed out on a fourth place finish to Tottenham last season, and Barry thinks that the competition for spots will help the Eastlands club secure a place in the Champions League this season.

“We just missed out on qualifying for the Champions League last season, so it was clear we needed something to make us bigger and better.

“It’s a fact of life at all the top clubs that as better players come in, others are going to leave. I knew what I was buying into when I joined City and it was what I wanted.

“The competition for places will be tough and the manager has already made it clear to us that he will rotate the squad.

“I certainly won’t spit my dummy out if I find myself being left out of the team. I will just fight even harder.”