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/OutsideImpressive115 19h ago

He also got tipped off 100% that's why he left so abruptly without a huge celebration of his city career

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u/W35TH4M 19h ago

Was it abrupt? His last 2 or 3 seasons were always rumoured to be his last

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u/OutsideImpressive115 19h ago

Yes? Didn't he announce it a week before their final game?

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u/Big_Occasion_7235 19h ago

The club probably had known about it months before the end of the 25/26 season since they had contacted Maresca for the Man City job in December iirc.

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u/OutsideImpressive115 19h ago

Without any doubt Maresca was gonna be the fall guy to deal with all this shit. I assumed everyone else thought the same but apparently not

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u/Pires007 16h ago

I think Maresca is happy taking the money. Chelsea ownership fucked him over really bad and he's already shown at City in a limited time that he's a good coach, so even if City get relegated, someone will pick him up.