Showing posts with label Guardiola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guardiola. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 December 2023

GUARDIOLA: MAN CITY'S CLUB WORLD CUP TITLE 'CLOSED A CHAPTER'

Pep Guardiola has won every major trophy with Manchester City following Friday's Club World Cup triumph. Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Pep Guardiola said he has "closed a chapter" at Manchester City after winning the Club World Cup.

City won their fifth trophy of 2023 with a 4-0 win over Fluminense in Jeddah while completing the set for Guardiola, who has won every trophy available since arriving as manager in 2016.

Guardiola said afterward his job was "done" but with 18 months left on his contract, insisted he is still motivated to win more honours.

"It's a beautiful, beautiful day," said Guardiola.

"I'm very pleased and I would like to say we had the feeling we would close the chapter; we won all the titles, there's nothing else to win. I had a feeling the job is done, it is over.

"Now it's Christmas time, we buy another book and start to write it again. The last eight years, it's over."

Saturday, 29 July 2023

SAUDI INVESTMENT HAS 'CHANGED' TRANSFER MARKET, SAYS MAN CITY'S GUARDIOLA AFTER MAHREZ EXIT

Reuters 

Saudi Arabia has changed football's transfer market in their bid to "create a strong league", Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Saturday after Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez left the Premier League club to join Al-Ahli.

Mahrez, who scored 78 goals and made 59 assists for City in a trophy-laden spell at the club, on Friday joined the Saudi Pro League side for a reported sum of 35 million euros ($38.55 million) plus five million in add-ons.

Asked if he had wanted Mahrez to remain at City, Guardiola told reporters: "Definitely. I enjoyed as a manager to be with him. I had a special relationship with him...

Thursday, 18 April 2019

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL 2019: EPIC 7 GOAL THRILLER SEES TOTTENHAM THROUGH TO THE SEMIS


Tottenham Hotspur has won on goal away goals as the game stood at 4-4 aggregate. 

It was an epic battle between Tottenham and Manchester City with goals flying either side with VAR becoming a crucial decider of the game.