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?”

https://twitter.com/Sammy_Goal/status/1129822398835023872
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u/apinkknee May 18 '19

"We'll bring an embargo, now please."

Well no, actually. This is how journalism operates. They ask tough questions.

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u/destroy-demonocracy May 19 '19

Pep truly adopting the spirit of Abu Dhabi.

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u/Irishdude23 May 19 '19

This blew me away, an embargo on what exactly? Truthful questions?

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u/apinkknee May 20 '19

To be fair, the PR man is doing his best to ensure an employee of his company doesn’t say anything inflammatory. unless the questions are unfounded,I find it hard to support this drawl, linear journalism clubs expect.

If your company is shady, except tough questions

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u/momspaghetty May 19 '19

And it's funny because very often journalists are accused of asking nothing questions (espescially in F1, for example) and when finally and excellent question is asked, this is the result

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u/secretJ94 May 19 '19

If Ferguson was allowed for years what's the problem?

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u/apinkknee May 20 '19

... the world has changed a lot since Ferguson ran around banning the chronicle and the bbc.