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]
They said he wanted United. They said he couldn't do it in England. They said he wouldn't stay for long. They said he couldn't do it without Messi. He proved they didn't have a fucking clue. Thank you Pep, a ten-year ride of unrivalled success, records and excellence. Go well 💙
The obsession with being a “big club” or having more fans, stems from online supporters who don’t go to games and want bragging rights from their bedroom.
I don’t know one proper City fan who wants to be considered a massive club, or cares about the amount of fans.
We won the lottery, we have memories 99.9% of football fans can only dream of.
These e-fans arguing about parades, celebrations, big clubs, are NEVER the proper match going fans.
It’s not embarrassing. They’ve been to Wembley something like 33 times since Guardiola took over. Their fan base is predominantly a working class Manchester demographic. They don’t have endless pots of gold in their bank accounts. The issue is semi finals being played at Wembley
The way you move, the way you play for City, you’re on the wing together with Cherki. We’re on the piss, we’re gonna win the league. I love Semenyo, just the way you are.
Tell me you’ve not been involved in a title race for over 20 years without telling me you’ve not been involved in a title race for over 20 years. @piersmorgan
🚨🗣️𝗡𝗘𝗪! Eni Aluko compared herself to a prime Wayne Rooney...
“I probably was what Wayne Rooney was, in terms of being that new young kid on the block, like.. I was banging in goals at 16, 17”