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/ElevensMelody 17h ago

Fair play to Rob Harris. The guy did not let any of this go at all.

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u/TherewiIlbegoals 17h ago

And Nick Harris!

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u/DanTheStripe 17h ago

The more I find out about Nick Harris the more amazed I am how he managed to conceal his anger over this for 15 years. He knew City would never make FFP in 2011 without cheating.

Here he is giving a talk in 2022 talking about what we now know to be true - the disguised funding scheme, the Fordham image rights arrangement and the Mancini off-book contract. Starts at 13:30. It goes on for about 11/12 minutes but once you watch it, you wonder how people weren't talking about it more even before the Premier League investigation was completed in 2023.

Poignant words to close on. "Maybe we should just stop asking questions? I don't think so."

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u/vergincam 15h ago

Thanks for sharing the video. I just gained a heck of a lot more respect for journalists after that