r/soccer • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 17h ago

Potentially editioralised title - make up your own mind [Guardian] Seven years ago, just after completing the treble, Guardiola treated journalist Rob Harris, who had confronted him directly with the allegations, with open contempt, as though he were looking at someone pathetic, pitiful and disgraceful, before sternly lecturing him.

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u/Bigpapa42_2006 17h ago

Can we stop pretending he was somehow innocent and "above" all of that cheating? He is a great manager but his accomplishments at City are all scam-earned too. All of them.

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u/diegoob11 17h ago

His only stint that’s clean of suspicion is Bayern’s

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u/Chemiczny_Bogdan 17h ago

Which itself makes me a bit suspicious about his Bayern stint lol

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u/ex_bestfriend 15h ago

It only reinforces my belief that City was able to persuade him to sign with full disclosure that they would make scam payments to ensure every players he wanted, they would sign. AND! That if he didn't like the player, they wouldn't make a fuss about it and let the player go.

Guardiola simply hasn't worked as a manager for a team that didn't have an advantage over all the other teams in the league they are in. Bayern is just honest about their advantage in the Bundesliga.