He has the impression that Pep Guardiola has become more and more aware of public opinion over the years. The negative element of public opinion that it is nourished anyway. The algorithms will do it.
No one is immune to these. Not even the great man. He may have deleted WhatsApp and said he had no social media on his phone, but that hasn’t always been the case. Guardiola was spotted once by scrolling during dinner, nourishing the idea that Manchester City manager had a burner account on X.
Guardiola has referred to money, and how “the people” (his mandate for the whole population) believes that the city simply bought – and, by extension, cheated – their path to a period of domination.
To fight against this argument which aims to denigrate his coaching capacity, he sought recent statistics of net spending, which are convincing. They will allow City in summer to continue an expensive reconstruction of an aging team.
This kind of hindsight is to be expected from someone who heads me for a club led by his comrades and who now identifies himself as a honorary supporter of the city.
More interesting is what Guardiola thinks that the football public thinks of him. He often refers to the way people accuse him of disinigree; How his praise for, let’s say, Bournemouth are considered a false admiration. “I know people think:” Ah, Pep is just for the show … “, he could say.
Pep Guardiola has become more and more aware of public opinion because his time in Manchester City lasted
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Another example is his position on qualifications for the Champions League. The Guardiola “Dandinginuous” again insists that the finish in the first four is the most important realization. How can he say that when City constantly wins the title?
Well, he says it with authenticity since his arrival in 2016 and it has just feared a season like this.
Because the qualification of the Champions League is important for money, to provide a base for competition at the top of the Premier League. An outside season may not be disastrous, but if you become two, it is difficult to navigate.
This is why Guardiola spent a large part of this term by stressing that the city did not fall in the lower part of the upper or more half like other large clubs. This despite the misfortune of a list of chronic injuries and has rightly criticized poor performance – both simultaneously true – City is still there to fight for a place in the upper table of Europe.
Tuesday evening, against Aston Villa, will not settle the fight in one of the three places still available for five teams (Chelsea, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest the others), but the victory would be a major stern.
Guardiola described it as a “final” in the sense of the occasion. Not like these nights against Tottenham – the winner of Peter Crouch (2010) and the goal of Peter Crouch (2011) – when City made his way in the elite at the start of 14 consecutive seasons of the competition, but important.
Guardiola Knows City may not fail to miss the wealth this year of every year. A new era is on them – Kevin de Bruyne, the last major victim after Kyle Walker, and other big names threatened.
He wanted to express that the finish in a place of qualification in the Champions League is the most important thing for his side
City will have money in summer to improve their team, with tastes of Kevin de Bruyne to leave
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Guardiola admitted that even if the club had the same list of transfer objectives, whether they reach the champions or the Europa League, obtaining a best yes becomes less likely if it is in the latter.
“If we think that the qualification is not enough for us, we are in ruins,” said Guardiola. “I have always thought that qualification is a great success. I try to convince the players that it is a huge success in this league.
“Do not feel sorry for ourselves because we have not had a good season. We still have something to fight so that it is really good for the future.
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