Khaldoon Al Mubarak on Pep Guardiola: “He changed English football. I say that with the utmost humility, but I believe that. You look at the way the league has evolved, teams have evolved over these 10 years, the way football is played in this league from 10 years ago.
“In my view it’s unquestionable, his influence over the game, his influence over football, his influence on tactics, coaching. For me, it’s unquestionable. He has left his thumbprint over this league, and I say it with humility, but also think many pundits and experts in the game will probably agree.
“Very few managers in football will come in and change not just the team but an entire league, or influence a change in an entire league. Pep has done that. There’s no question about that in my mind..." [via @ManCity]
Khaldoon Al Mubarak on #ManCity: “We're far from peaked. This is a Club designed, built to win. We're used to [being successful], because it’s in our DNA. I look at where the Club was in 2008, then at every part of these last 18 years.
“Roberto Mancini brought that first Premier League title, we'll never forget those moments. A great period, [after] a first FA Cup win in many, many years. Then Manuel [Pellegrini] came, [the] same, another Premier League title and more success.
“Then Pep [Guardiola] came in, and it was getting that mindset, DNA of a winning club. Now, this Club is the way we all know it now. What Pep has given us has taken us to the next level, and I think we’re so thankful for what he’s helped build.
"Winning is hard, it’s not easy, a lot of hard work by a collective. Look over these 18 years how many different generations of teams we've collectively put together, each one special. From that first group of the [Sergio] Agueros, Yaya Toures, the [David] Silvas, the next group of Kevin De Bruynes, Ilkay Gundogans, Bernardos [Silva], to this group of Erling Haalands, [Rayan] Cherkis, [Phil] Fodens, [Abdukodir] Khusanovs.
“We continue and, in every aspect, it’s different because it’s different players but the success will come because I think we do a very good job in maintaining a winning mindset. Hence, when you look at our records in English football over these last 18 years, @ManCity is the most successful Club in this country. I think top down, [from] Sheikh Mansour, myself, Ferran [Soriano], the whole organisation, we have a team. A winning team.
“That team will continue, there will be players, coaches, executives, that’s part of life, but we will keep going and we will continue to deliver..." [via @ManCity]
Khaldoon Al Mubarak on @ErlingHaaland: “He was always a leader from the first day he stepped in. He comes in with such character, charisma, and when you're a superstar, a goal scoring machine like he is, inevitably you’re a leader and he’s got that personality.
“Lucky for him when he came, he came in under a group with a lot of leaders. From Ilkay [Gundogan], to Bernardo [Silva], Rodri, Ruben [Dias]. So many great leaders we had he was with. He got to experience also playing with incredible characters and high IQ football players.
“Now you see it this year, last year particularly and this past season, he’s really stepping up into an important role. I consider him the best striker in the world. I consider him a Ballon d’Or winner hopefully soon. I consider him someone that has the mindset, winning mindset, the essence of this team and Club. This young man is a winner..." [via @ManCity]
Khaldoon Al Mubarak on #ManCity's planned summer transfer business: “We know what we want, we know what we need and we know how to go about it.
"In January we made two very important signings. Big credit to Hugo [Viana] in being able to identify the needs and move on two top talents, Marc Guéhi and Antoine Semenyo. We’re very happy with them joining. These two would've been two typical summer moves, given the size of transfer fees and importance of the players. And as we’ve always shown, I think this is important always to know, we're organised, thoughtful and sometimes when we need to be decisive and pre-emptive, we'll do that and that’s exactly what we did in these two cases.
"In the summer, we know exactly what we want to do, who we're targeting and I promise you, as always, we’ll go about our business and be as efficient, as swift as possible..." [via @ManCity]
Khaldoon Al Mubarak: “We had high conviction that @rayan_cherki had potential to be quite a special player. And I remind you; he’s still a young man.
"But as this team grows and you look at the team today beyond Rayan, the strong talent from top to bottom, from Erling [Haaland], Rodri, [Antoine] Semenyo, Jeremy Doku who has been phenomenal this season, [Abdukodir] Khusanov extraordinary, Nico O’Reilly, [Gianluigi] Donnarumma.
"In every position we have very talented young players and with depth of experience of players like Rodri as an example, we really have quite a team..." [via @ManCity]
#ManCity are continuing to keep a close eye on Feyenoord right-back Givairo Read's situation for the summer. The 20-year-old is on the club's list as an option having monitored him since December.
[via @FabrizioRomano]
BREAKING: Erling Haaland’s father Alfie and agent Rafaela Pimenta on Real Madrid ‘agreement’ claims. ⤵️
Statement: “All very entertaining, but not true. We wish all the best for both candidates in the Real Madrid elections…”
[via @FabrizioRomano]
I’ll banter and take the piss, but unlike some Gooners I’ll never celebrate a player getting seriously injury. And I’ll never forget the way they celebrated Rodri getting injured. Take your medicine guys
Gabriel has cheated ALL season
He has bullied players,fouled them consistently & conned other teams out of goals & decisions all year
That Gabriel is the reason Arsenal did not win the Champions League is karma and is a victory for football
Karma is a bitch. As is Gabriel.