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Titi Henry. Titi Henry. Titi Henry. Titi Henry. Titi Henry. Titi Henry. Titi Henry.
Now ban me.Are we winning?Comment
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Errrrmmmm ok.
What the ****?!
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are the equivalent of Spanish side Villarreal, according to renowned Spanish journalist Lu Martin.
Martin, who co-wrote a book with the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach, also said he is not surprised that Guardiola said he is already thinking about the end of his coaching career.
Guardiola's City are 10 points behind leaders Chelsea and Martin believes that he is ready for the challenge of making them the best sides in the Premier League.
"At the moment his challenge is Manchester City, who are a team like Villarreal in La Liga, for example, a team which is not one of the top sides. I am not giving my opinion, I am telling you what Guardiola thinks, they are like a second-tier team in the Premier League," Matin told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser.
"It is 30 years since Man City have won at Liverpool, for example. He sees it as a personal challenge, to compete against the biggest teams.
"In Spain and in Germany he was competing with a big team -- but in England the big teams are Chelsea, Manchester United, other teams. He has a team which is powerful but not the most powerful.
"He will stick out his three years in the Premier League, and then maybe some more years, as he sees it as a personal challenge."
Martin says that Guardiola faces more competition in the Premier League with many of City's rivals able to compete with them in the transfer market.
"He is in England, with a small team, we must realise that, Manchester City is not the best team in England," the journalist added.
"There are many teams which can compete financially in England. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea [are financially stronger teams]. He has come to England to compete and he is doing that.
"He has a phrase he says -- in England there are two titles, the champion and being among the first four. But apart from that he as a coach is competing to make City win something -- the Premier, the FA Cup, something. But he sees this as part of his life journey."
Ahead of City's 2-1 win over Burnley on Monday, Guardiola also said he was already nearing the end of a coaching career that is less than a decade old.
Martin says his next move could be to become a national team boss when he comes to an end at City.
"It was normal [thing to say]," he added. "Nobody imagines Guardiola managing forever, it has always been like that. He signed for three years at Man City and nobody thinks of him as a coach aged 70.
"His comments, that his spell as a coach was coming to an end, was about clubs. He would still have national team coach [as a future role], which is what I believe will be his next step. Where he wants to show himself, where he can look for a challenge, and he will take that on."Comment
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I had always wondered how a big name manager (Pep, Ancelotti, Mourinho etc) would get on managing a minnow - now I guess we'll see......Errrrmmmm ok. What the ****?!
Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are the equivalent of Spanish side Villarreal, according to renowned Spanish journalist Lu Martin.
Martin, who co-wrote a book with the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach, also said he is not surprised that Guardiola said he is already thinking about the end of his coaching career.
Guardiola's City are 10 points behind leaders Chelsea and Martin believes that he is ready for the challenge of making them the best sides in the Premier League.
"At the moment his challenge is Manchester City, who are a team like Villarreal in La Liga, for example, a team which is not one of the top sides. I am not giving my opinion, I am telling you what Guardiola thinks, they are like a second-tier team in the Premier League," Matin told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser.
"It is 30 years since Man City have won at Liverpool, for example. He sees it as a personal challenge, to compete against the biggest teams.
"In Spain and in Germany he was competing with a big team -- but in England the big teams are Chelsea, Manchester United, other teams. He has a team which is powerful but not the most powerful.
"He will stick out his three years in the Premier League, and then maybe some more years, as he sees it as a personal challenge."
Martin says that Guardiola faces more competition in the Premier League with many of City's rivals able to compete with them in the transfer market.
"He is in England, with a small team, we must realise that, Manchester City is not the best team in England," the journalist added.
"There are many teams which can compete financially in England. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea [are financially stronger teams]. He has come to England to compete and he is doing that.
"He has a phrase he says -- in England there are two titles, the champion and being among the first four. But apart from that he as a coach is competing to make City win something -- the Premier, the FA Cup, something. But he sees this as part of his life journey."
Ahead of City's 2-1 win over Burnley on Monday, Guardiola also said he was already nearing the end of a coaching career that is less than a decade old.
Martin says his next move could be to become a national team boss when he comes to an end at City.
"It was normal [thing to say]," he added. "Nobody imagines Guardiola managing forever, it has always been like that. He signed for three years at Man City and nobody thinks of him as a coach aged 70.
"His comments, that his spell as a coach was coming to an end, was about clubs. He would still have national team coach [as a future role], which is what I believe will be his next step. Where he wants to show himself, where he can look for a challenge, and he will take that on."
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Hahahaha what a penis.3rd place. Worst champions ever.
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Presumably trying to take the pressure off but he's having a laugh given the money that they have spent over the last few years and the fact that they have won a couple of league titles in the last few years no-one is seeing through that. If they were the Villareal of the PL he wouldn't have joined them
The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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pep getting the excuses lined up already. exit strategy
removing all the weak links makes us stronger
too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.Comment
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Yep utterly ludicrous - historically they aren't a massive club but when your owners have pumped in over £1bn in the past 10 years it kinda means there are certain expectations that need to be met. Small club my arse.James Philip Milner Fanclub #1
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I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindednessComment
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City 3-0 up at West Ham in the cup ht,looks like some hammers fans have already gone home.
who's arsed?Comment
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Seen a few rports of this, Pep and his small club doing it the hard way again
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