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Forget the Media Hypocrisy; Pep Guardiola is Only at City Because of The Money

January 17, 2018 7 Comments
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By Biola Kazeem (@biolakazeem)

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Alexis Sanchez’s clear rejection of Pep Guardiola and Manchester City to join Jose Mourinho at Manchester United represents, for those who worship at the feet at Pep Guardiola, another opportunity to roll out a boring, defensive and comically illogical trope that Pep’s rejection can only be money-induced.

According to these worshippers, only two choices lie before every player Manchester City seek to sign: join Pep ‘the Genius’ Guardiola to learn the
rudiments of football (including how to pass) or go elsewhere in a sole pursuit of cash because apparently, only the Genius knows how to improve players or teach tactics.

How else could Alexis Sanchez turn down a giant club like Manchester City for an average, no-history club like Manchester United managed by a certain Portuguese named Jose Mourinho who has no clue what it means to play the game, let alone win trophies?

Football philosophy is all that matters at Manchester City, nothing else apparently.

In fact, when the club approached the likes of Ilkay Gundogan, John
Stones, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Benjamin Mendy, Danilo, Leroy Sane, etc for their signature, all it took to get these players was just a power-point presentation of Pep Guardiola smiling and beckoning at them to come and learn tactics. The over £400M spent in the process was for transportation and other logistics.

In the same vein, the cross-over of Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano to Manchester City as Sporting Director and Vice President respectively only happened to coincide with the takeover of the club by Arab billionaires with obvious plenty of cash to splash. They have always admired Manchester City right from the 60s when they were the dominant club in England, putting the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United to shame.

Having had to exit Bayern Munich after three seasons of failing to win the
Champions League, Pep Guardiola himself joined Manchester City because of
the might of the club; its rich history, cabinet full of laurels and shining glory. The £15.3 million annual salary he negotiated for himself, a figure which makes him the highest paid football manager in the world, could be for legal representation or charity.

The foolishness of the ‘money’ trope and the attempt to demean other clubs and managers in the glorification of Pep Guardiola can be seen in the obvious fact that the club he manages has spent more money on players than any other in a league of twenty clubs. In fact, in the whole of Europe, only PSG can be said to match Manchester City in terms of financial strength and willingness to break set-boundaries in pursuit of a player.

If the allure of playing for him is all that matters in securing the signature of players, how come Manchester City have had to spend so much on transfers and salaries since he arrived?

Except for hypocrites who bend facts to justify the hero-worship of a man whose success is hardly far-fetched given that he has managed clubs awash with talent and money, it is clear to dispassionate observers that money has always been the deciding factor for Manchester City since the purchase of the club by Sheikh Mansour. Having not much to as much as history and success go, the strategy has always been to outbid other clubs, both in
transfer fee and other added player benefits.

Manchester United, on the other hand, can recall years of domestic dominance and international triumph, global followership and recognition that is the envy of most clubs, including Manchester City who are struggling to fill the new Etihad every match day.

Maybe, just maybe, Alexis Sanchez considered all of that and made his decision. Deal with it.

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7 Comments

  1. Raphael Reply
    January 17, 2018 at 4:43 pm

    Great Post. It shows you know your football. Guardiola has never managed a mediocre club before. Mourinho has. He even won the champions league wioth Porto of all clubs. Guardiola needs to show us that he is that good by managing a team like stoke city.

  2. Lekan Reply
    January 17, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    Fraudiola like most coaches require money for quality players. Nothing special.

  3. olu johnson Reply
    January 18, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    Did u just refer to Porto as a Mediocre club? Porto just like Liverpool is d most successful team in Portugal…

    In d same vein, name any of the greatest coaches who stooped so low to a club like d calibre of stoke?

    from Sachi,to Cruyff,to Sir Alex,Jupp Heycknes,Del Bosque to name a few. point one out who treaded that ignominious path😏😏

  4. Olamide anifowoshe Reply
    January 18, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Goodpost bro biola but let me tell something,money doesn’t guarantee teamsuccess,lets take a look at acmilan in the seriaA this season, they are nowhere to be found in Italy not in top6,it’s about getting the right personnel that can play ur style of play,and don’t say pep is in mancity because of money,he came to city not coach for 3years and also develop the players for the future

  5. Sola Reply
    January 20, 2018 at 10:45 am

    Every manager of top clubs spend top $ and £s on big players.
    In the case of Sanchez, until whatever else United may have offered him to sway his mind is known, facts speak for themselves.
    IMHO the money on the table from United was so much more than City’s offer which reports indicate their unwillingness to match and Sanchez dumped them!
    I think if it was for winning trophies Sanchez would have joined City; if I want to reason with some cynasim I could even say he could have decided to join United to spite Wenger but I believe bottom line was ‘PAYDAY’!Especially for his age and career.
    Of course pedigree-wise United outtrumps City too … even Pep says it.

  6. Biola Kazeem Reply
    January 29, 2018 at 10:24 am

    The general point is that it is hard to fail given the conditions Pep has worked under. At Barcelona, he had Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. At Bayern, he was winning by default and at City, he has spent £500m on a team that had David Silva, KDB, Fernadinho and Aguero. Thanks for all your comments

    • Damilare John Reply
      January 30, 2018 at 8:48 am

      Biola obsession for pep is getting out of hands. your write up about pep clearly shows u are not a fan of his but that doesnt mean u should lure people to dislike him also. did Ferguson managed stoke city. do u know barca condition when pep took over. did u even know if pep was a manager of barca b before taking over from Frank rykaard. like him or hate him, he is far better than ur mourinho. and take this to the bank, if pep manages man utd, man utd will play barca style. thanks

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