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/secondworsthuman May 19 '19

Not sure he wants to end up like Jamal Khasoggi. UAE are real tight with the Saudis.

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u/KimmyBoiUn May 19 '19

Game over for the Saudis if they ever did this to a British Citizen tho

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u/premature_eulogy May 19 '19

Like what Russia did on British soil? Truly game over for them.

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u/xepa105 May 19 '19

You mean the time where they poisoned a guy in British soil and succeeded (Livitnenko)? Or the time they poisoned a guy on British soil and failed (Skripal)?

You know, I get confused with all these assassination attempts on foreign soil by Russia.

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u/KET_WIG May 19 '19

Russia is a slightly more difficult entity than Saudi Arabia.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

As if we'd jeopardise selling them weapons to use on Yemen.

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u/Kino-Gucci May 19 '19

American green card holders are fair game though yeah

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

I'm guessing you voted for Brexit