24.7% - Arsenalโs possession average (24.7%) was the lowest by a team in a UEFA Champions League final on record (since 2003-04), as well as their lowest in any match under Mikel Arteta where they had 11 men on the pitch throughout. Reactive.
The Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City is now over. ๐
๐ 10 Years
โ๏ธ 593 Games
โ 416 Wins
๐ค 86 Draws
โ 91 Losses
โฝ๏ธ 1,422 Goals For
๐ฅ 521 Goals Against
๐ Premier League, x6
๐ League Cup, x5
๐ Community Shield, x3
๐ FA Cup, x3
๐ UEFA Super Cup, x1
๐ FIFA Club World Cup, x1
๐ UEFA Champions League, x1
๐๏ธ Premier League Manager of the Month, x13
๐๏ธ Premier League Manager of the Season, x5
๐๏ธ LMA Premier League Manager of the Year, x4
๐๏ธ LMA Manager of the Year, x3
๐๏ธ The Best FIFA Football Coach, x1
๐๏ธ UEFA Men's Coach of the Year, x1
๐๏ธ IFFHS World's Best Club Coach, x1
๐๏ธ League Managers Association Hall of Fame
๐๏ธ Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century
Thank you for changing our lives, @PepTeam. ๐
In May 2000, Tom Izzo was offered a 5-year contract from the Atlanta Hawks worth up to $4 million/yr.
One month removed from winning a national championship, the young coach had received a whale of an offer to join the NBA ranks.
Izzoโs MSU salary was $725,000.
Atlanta was offering to at least quadruple his salary, with reachable incentives pushing his compensation to 5.5x its current rate.
Wowed by the Hawksโ aggressive courtship, Izzo and his family traveled south to visit the team facilities.
Welcomed as heroes, they received a full-court press aimed at luring the Izzo family to Atlanta.
Their whirlwind visit concluded, the Izzoโs returned home to ponder the crossroads laid before them.
Acknowledging the enormity of the decision, Tom Izzo and wife Lupe agreed to sleep on it.
The following morning, Izzo called Atlanta.
He was turning down their offer of $4 million, and signing an extension with Michigan State for $1.1 million instead.
The verdict stunned Atlanta GM Pete Babcock, who had already begun preparations to introduce his new head coach.
โTom was our man. We tried, but he wouldnโt leave Michigan State.โ
Later that day, Izzo held a press conference in East Lansing to announce his decision.
A reporter asked if he might one day regret rejecting an offer to quadruple his salary.
โI wonโt have regrets.
I decided to be a Spartan forever.โ
@jesuisKojo@JudahChuks@typemoneyy@1_2spaces ๐ญ yes obviously because Donna is not an Ederson replacement. Heโs just the new city keeper. just like cherki wasnโt the KDB replacement
@jesuisKojo@JudahChuks@typemoneyy@1_2spaces not necessarily but a โBernardo Silva replacementโ implies the same profile. but I agree that Iโd take Anderson for the summer