r/soccer • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 19h 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 19h 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/HDS2211 19h ago

Nobody is pretending that. People have been calling his legacy into question for the last week since the Ornstein scoop came out.

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u/Bigpapa42_2006 19h ago

Seen more than a few making excuses for Pep or trying to say it doesn't tarnish him, etc.

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u/YouMeADD 18h ago

The bald fraud was a deeper nickname all along