Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola refused to reply questions on what Liverpool’s potential sale means for funds in world soccer.
WHAT HAPPENED? A reporter wished Guardiola to deal with whether or not FSG’s obvious need to get out of the soccer enterprise indicated that solely rich state-backed house owners might succeed within the fashionable recreation. Manchester Metropolis are majority owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group from the United Arab Emirates.
WHAT THEY SAID: “I’m not the precise individual to ask this query,” Guardiola mentioned. “I’m not the precise one to reply you.”
When the reporter pressed him on the difficulty, Guardiola interrupted and mentioned: “Don’t ask me this query. I can not reply you. I’m not concerned in that, I’m not the CEO [of Liverpool], I simply attempt to be pretty much as good a supervisor as potential.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Guardiola is commonly quizzed on Liverpool, Metropolis’s chief rivals in recent times, and he tends to brush off particular strains of questioning concerning the Anfield membership as not his enterprise.
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When will they cease asking how my billion-pound squad adjustments fashionable soccer?!
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WHAT NEXT FOR MAN CITY? Guardiola will lead his gamers right into a Carabao Cup recreation towards Chelsea on Wednesday earlier than a Premier League match towards Brentford subsequent Saturday.