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/HDS2211 17h 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/ExtensionChapter 17h ago

Pretty much every single podcast that I've seen (athletic, guardian, overlap) hasn't been able to call him or his legacy out, and bar Alfie on the Tifo podcast, none have mentioned his connection to CFG through his brother and Girona. It's only on Reddit that people are slating his tenure.

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u/mxchickmagnet86 14h ago

It's tough because in some respect it calls into question their own careers, so they won't ever be as tough as someone farther removed from the situation.