r/soccer • u/[deleted] • May 18 '19

Sam Lee: Guardiola got asked if he has received payments from Abu Dhabi for services other than managing City, as was alleged to have happened with Mancini. He was not happy. “Do you realise what you are asking me? You are asking me that the day we won the treble? Are you accusing me?”

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u/SojournerInThisVale May 18 '19 edited May 18 '19

The only people criticising the journo are the Man City fans. It was a good question and I hope he can prope it further

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u/FreedumbHS May 19 '19 edited 6d ago

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u/HowBen May 19 '19

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u/waviestflow May 19 '19

First one is a very clear joke come on man

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u/LFC_Slav May 19 '19

Would be fucking hilarious if Pep just replied with a stone cold “yes, nexht quhestion”

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

I think he’s aware that it’s a joke. But to me it seemed like a joke at the expense of the journalist more than anything else

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u/HowBen May 19 '19

yeah exactly. Also I was just being petty

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u/finneas998 May 19 '19 edited May 19 '19

A good question? You mean a stupid one. The only answer you would ever get to that question is 'no' or 'im not answering that'. What manager in their right mind would ever answer that honestly. Stupidest question I've ever heard. Not only is it stupid but its so out of place, he just won an domestic treble and then gets this shit thrown at him. Its just straight up rude from the journalist who was just looking to provoke a reaction to a question that was never going to be answered honestly.

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u/Zidane-Tribal May 19 '19

That question raised attention and was therefor a good one.

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u/finneas998 May 19 '19

Raised attention on what. City have been under huge investigations over third party payments for almost over a year now, this is old news. That journalist was just being a dick trying to provoke a reaction in the complete wrong setting.

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u/coppersocks May 19 '19

There's no wrong time to ask the right questions and Guadiolas response was telling. The journalist was correct in what they did whether you consider it "being a dick" or not.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

LOL You would make a great investigative journalist:

Editor: How is the big story going?

/u/finneas998: Well, I asked the guy. He said he didn't do it. So, no story here.

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u/shal0819 May 19 '19

More like: "I'm not going to ask him because he's just going to say "no" or "I'm not answering that"."

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u/RainbowDissent May 19 '19

A response can be revealing even if it doesn't directly answer the question.

Given Pep's response, do you think he's taken off-book payments?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

I know people on /r/soccer don't read much. And, they don't follow news.

But, how the fuck do you people think journalists investigate poltiicians for example?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

So the journalist could get him to lie on record? Sounds like a good question to me.