Pep Guardiola drops Manchester City future hint in passionate Everton press conference speech
Guardiola: I wouldn’t have stayed 10 years at City without the club’s extraordinary environmentMan City boss cites player care, food, CEO matchday presence & Covid conduct as examplesGuardiola’s...
Pep Guardiola drops Manchester City future hint in passionate Everton press conference speech Guardiola: I wouldn’t have stayed 10 years at City without the club’s extraordinary environment Man City boss cites player care, food, CEO matchday presence & Covid conduct as examples Guardiola’s comments come amid widespread speculation that he will leave the club this summer Pep Guardiola has delivered one of the most revealing tributes to Manchester City as a club that he has ever given publicly, with his words reading very much like those of a man who is not going anywhere. The comments came in Guardiola’s press conference on Friday ahead of Monday’s Premier League trip to Everton , prompted in part by recent remarks from former City defender Aymeric Laporte . In a recent interview with Spanish newspaper Diario AS , Laporte said he “regretted leaving because I was at the best club in the world” and that “the way they take care of their players there is unique, you only realise it when you leave.
” Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City this summer claims insider – Deal ‘all but agreed’ with replacement Guardiola used Laporte’s words as a springboard to speak at length about what makes Manchester City the club it is – and his answer touched on everything from the Player Care department to the club’s classy conduct with employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. With reports suggesting Guardiola is likely to leave City this summer and a decision expected before the end of May, the 55-year-old’s words pointed firmly in the other direction. I still have incredible energy to be here, says Pep Guardiola began by referencing Laporte’s comments directly, using them to explain his own decade-long commitment to the club.
“Today Aymeric Laporte, that was another player that helped us incredibly a lot to understand what you have to do from behind, build-ups, committing, and this kind of stuff, in a newspaper in Spain said, ‘City is the best club in the world, you never realise how good they are, how incredibly organised until you leave’,” he said. “That is the biggest compliment we can get; the players can leave and say that place was incredible. And I have the same feeling.
I wouldn’t have been 10 years even with good titles or prizes if I don’t have an incredible environment. Now I still have incredible energy, still I’m so good to be here, coming here to work today on my day off. “Of course we are here because we won a lot and that’s why they don’t fire you because they continue to trust you because you have success.
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