BREAKING🚨🩵: Gary Neville on Pep Guardiola legacy at Manchester City
“Listen, I’ve sat here for years defending Sir Alex Ferguson and rightly so because what he did at Manchester United was unbelievable but after watching Manchester City lift the FA Cup again today, I think we’ve got to be honest about what we’re witnessing with Pep Guardiola.
This isn’t normal anymore. It’s beyond dominance.
Every single season people say City will slow down, people say the hunger will disappear, people say another team will catch them… and yet Pep keeps evolving, keeps rebuilding, keeps winning. Different players, different systems, same outcome: trophies.
Look at today’s final, the control, the mentality, the confidence. They don’t even panic in big moments anymore. That comes directly from the manager.
I’m telling you now, I genuinely think Pep Guardiola has surpassed Sir Alex Ferguson in terms of coaching level and football quality. I never thought I’d say that publicly, but what he’s done at Manchester City is outrageous.
Sir Alex built dynasties over decades, absolutely. But Pep has completely changed English football. He’s raised the tactical standard of the Premier League to a level we’ve never seen before.
And with another FA Cup now added to everything else he’s won at City… honestly, the argument is becoming impossible to ignore.
We are watching the greatest Premier League manager ever.”
🚨 Tal Rehman after going viral:
"I didn't expect to go viral. I've had over 900 messages. I've been a season ticket holder for over 30 years and I named my son Yaya!"
"I got the bottle last year from Arsenal's own physio's. We sit near the away team at City’s stadium. My son said he was thirsty so I just asked the physio if there was any chance of a bottle of water. So they gave us a bottle and we kept it."
Kompany on those who doubted he had enough personality to manage Bayern Munich:
"I'll tell you something quickly just to prove a point: I was born in Brussels, my father was a refugee from Congo. What are my chances of even playing in the Premier League, winning something as a player, playing for the national team? The odds were like 0.000 something. Now I'm a coach.
The question is: Are you going to stop believing in yourself and what you can achieve because of what others say? The mentality is to keep going, and in the end, if you fail, you fail, if you succeed, you succeed, but you’ll always get better each time. The point is it's an interesting topic, in terms of what are people supposed to do? Give up? Stop because of what others say? In the world we live in, I don’t think so. Let’s encourage people to succeed, to break barriers, to do something."
Don't know about top three but David Silva is definitely in the top one. ☝️
🗣️ Kevin De Bruyne: “Playing with David Silva was a privilege. He saw things nobody else could see.”
🗣️ Andrés Iniesta: “He understood the game perfectly. Elegant, intelligent, and always one step ahead.”
🗣️ Pep Guardiola: “David Silva is one of the best midfielders I have ever seen. He controls the rhythm, the tempo, everything.”
🗣️ Xavi Hernández: “David Silva played football the way it should be played — with intelligence and respect for the ball.”
Such an underrated baller. 🇪🇸🩵