Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged the players not to let their standards drop after he is gone. He recently had his say during an emotional goodbye at the Etihad Stadium, and fans have been reacting.
Joking that he’ll be watching next season from the newly named Pep Guardiola stand while addressing supporters on the pitch, he revealed that the players have a big responsibility to keep winning major titles.
The Spaniard added that representing Manchester City for 10 years has been a big honour for him and his family.
His words, “The players don’t know it, but I will be up there [in the newly renamed stand] controlling them.
The players have a huge responsibility to continue these standards. Hopefully they fight and fight and fight. This is my home.
It is an immense honour my family will have for the rest of my life.
Over the next years, wherever in the world, if you see me in the streets or here at the Etihad Stadium, if you are a City fan, come to me.
It has been a huge honour to represent this club. Every decision I took I thought was the best for this club. I love you so much. It has been fun.”
WOW.
Pep Guardiola Sala is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Premier League club Manchester City. Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, the youngest to win the UEFA Champions League, and he also holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.
Guardiola has played for and advocated on behalf of the Catalonia football team. Between 1995 and 2005, he played seven friendly games for Catalonia.
Under Guardiola’s predecessor Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona were known for a 4–3–3 with plenty of flair with Ronaldinho being the centre point of the attack. Under Guardiola, however, the team became more disciplined with a greater focus on possession and a disciplined and aggressive pressing style.
Guardiola was born to Dolors and Valentí. He has two older sisters and a younger brother, Pere, a football agent. He is an atheist. Guardiola met his wife Cristina Serra when he was 18. They married on 29 May 2014.
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