First published in the Manchester Evening News Pep Guardiola appears to have had his Champions League final team mapped out in his head for weeks. The way the Manchester City manager has rotated his players, and the side he has picked whenever the stakes were high, has given everyone a clear indication, with left back…
Author: newsdesk@men-news.co.uk Stuart Brennan
The forgotten Man City signing still dreaming of a place in Guardiola's squad
First published in the Manchester Evening News When Sheikh Mansour met with his Manchester City executive team in a plush Madrid hotel in the spring of 2016, they wanted to brief the club owner about two new impending signings. The Blues’ top brass had already secured the services of Pep Guardiola, the end of a…
Guardiola dismisses myth about City and the Champions League
First published in the Manchester Evening News The excitement among Manchester City fans at reaching the club’s first Champions League final is palpable – tempered only by the unholy mess surrounding the announcement on Friday. But manager Pep Guardiola claims his top priority, and his squad’s biggest achievement, has already been achieved, with the triumph…