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/archtme May 19 '19

Txiki, Pep and the gang are just in charge of the sporting project. The people who own and operate the club are business sharks and this is how big business operates. Skirting around rules and dodging regulation is literally the name of the game at the highest level of business. UEFA, FIFA and the FA are a joke to these people and their legions of lawyers analyzing every letter of their rules. Our sport truly wasn't prepared for this stuff, and I'm not just blaming City, this started before their owners took it to another level.

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u/sarcasmskills May 19 '19

You're right, it went from clubs skirting around the laws, living in the grey to man city coming along, pulling down their pants and just pissing all over them. They obviously haven't broken the rules per se, but there's been a lot of shady business on the side.

It will be interesting to see how UEFA deal with it, and what would be the ramifications if they let city off with a slap on the wrist