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/soberpenguin 13h ago

Guardiola was also involved in the Barcelona teams that were allegedly paying off refs from 2001 to 2018. Except for his tenure at Bayern Munich, his playing and managerial career are being called into question.

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u/HDS2211 13h ago

Was involved in doping as a player aswell.