http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=intl:2798516
At the risk of being conspiratorial, you
wonder about Manchester
City's decision to
announce on Monday what most already knew: Pep Guardiola will be taking over from Manuel Pellegrini at the end of
the season.
City said in their
statement that the choice was made "out of respect for Manuel Pellegrini
and the players" and that this way, they can "remove the unnecessary
burden of speculation."
Well, unless
Pellegrini spends his time off the grid in an underground cement bunker,
emerging only for games and training sessions, there was no "burden of
speculation." Even when he signed that one-year contract extension,
Pellegrini knew that the club were going to go after Guardiola. And he knew
that when Bayern announced Guardiola would not be back that there was a very
good chance he'd be replaced by the Catalan.
Unless Txiki
Begiristain and Ferrano Soriano are inveterate Pinocchios, you would assume
that they told him exactly what was going on. That's how you show respect to a
guy, and by all accounts, that's what they did. The same goes for the players,
at least the ones who matter.
So why now? Why
create a potentially uncomfortable situation for Guardiola, particularly if --
and it's certainly possible that they will -- Bayern end up facing City in the
latter stages of the Champions League?
Mainly for two
reasons, you would speculate.
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/marcotti-musings/62/post/2798569/man-city-force-guardiola-issue-atletico-briefly-stop-barca
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