Pep lives, and makes his teams play, based on one word: TRUST
Players have to trust each other to cover for the one out of position. Pep has to trust a player will be available as often as possible and will do what he says, when he says it. Pep didn’t trust Joe Hart...gone! Even though it was a massive deal at the time. He is a man of his convictions, and he has the TRUST of Txiki and Khaldoon, and they have TRUST in him.
Sanchez won’t be here because he PROVED he could not be TRUSTED. City made a deal for him, he wanted to come and work with Pep, and he AGREED A DEAL WITH PEP. Today?
Pep just moves on. He doesn’t lose sleep over people he doesn’t TRUST because they don’t deserve the time or mental anguish. City are bigger than ANY player, and what they are doing, more importantly the manner in which they are determined to do it, means that ANY player who tries it on will find themselves on the outside....just like Yaya did last season until he relented.
The club, most especially Pep, Txiki & Khaldoon DEMAND respect. Give it or not, but they will determine their own outcomes based on the respect and trust they demand. THIS IS CITY NOW, and no one is going to corrupt that...even top quality players they may have courted for months. No drama, just a message that they have moved on and are no longer interested. I LOVE THAT!!
The future is BLUE!!
