Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

Neville Kneville said:
I may be wrong, but I imagine it's actually connected with the theme of this thread, that Pep is planning on building a team, so rather than going for a short term fix which might not work, ala Bony etc, he's willing to wait & try to get the players he wants for the future.
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Think it's almost certainly that. He will know his targets and with so many out of contract this summer it's an Ideal opportunity to bring them in, without worrying about the squad being clogged up with players passed their best, or stopgaps bought this month.
 
Neville Kneville said:
I may be wrong, but I imagine it's actually connected with the theme of this thread, that Pep is planning on building a team, so rather than going for a short term fix which might not work, ala Bony etc, he's willing to wait & try to get the players he wants for the future.
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I don't think it needs to be one or the other though. I expect this summers targets are already known, and if they can be brought in now, whether it's to have an immediate impact or even just so they hit the ground running in August, I think they'd go for them in January.

Like you said what they won't do is go for someone they don't want long term purely to patch things right now.


There's definitely a long term team being built though, that's definite.

We've already got Stones, Sterling, Sané, Iheanacho & Jesus all 22 or under. Maffeo, Tosin and Aleix all have good chances of being properly involved next season, maybe even Gunn as a cup keeper. There's Unal, Moreno, Roberts, Zinchenko on loan - Celina is doing very well too - so any of those might be brought in over the summer, and I expect our summer targets will be roughly u23.

Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if over 50% of the squad was 23 or under next season. Having said that - I'd expect us to be doing that even if Pep was only here 3 years. The way to maximise his effect on the club long term is for him to leave behind a core group who have been shaped by him to carry on what he taught them when he leaves, whether that's in 3 years or 10.
 
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Great news! Gonna be exciting watching him over the next few years. The players he's brought in already surely will provide top quality football under his guidance.
 
Bluemachoo said:
I thought Fonte may have been a decent stop gap to partner Stones. Am surprised we didn't go for him.
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Stopgaps aren't what we want,hence why we will most probably wait until the right opportunities present themselves in the summer.

Anyway,this isnt the transfer forum,so back on topic please....:-)
 
I do actually remember reading in the months up to the start of the season that he loves signing young players as they are much more receptive and soak in a lot more information.

When you look at young players he's signed/brought into the 1st team in his career you can see why, Dani Alves, Busquets, Pique, Pedro, Kimmich and Coman to name a few.

Add that to Stones, Sterling, Sané and Jesus here and you can see the trend.
 
My heart goes out to this guy:

It just won't do, says Chris Bascombe of the Daily Telegraph. "The three Premier League broadcasters should give serious consideration to registering a formal complaint to the Premier League and LMA, given how ill-mannered some managers have become.

"They have not paid all that cash to have their employees insulted by those who consider media duties beneath them.

for anyone that wants to give this more views than its worth (i already feel dirty having read it):

http://www.theweek.co.uk/manchester-city/80128/ill-mannered-pep-guardiola-clashes-with-bbc-again
 
shevtheblue said:
My heart goes out to this guy:

It just won't do, says Chris Bascombe of the Daily Telegraph. "The three Premier League broadcasters should give serious consideration to registering a formal complaint to the Premier League and LMA, given how ill-mannered some managers have become.

"They have not paid all that cash to have their employees insulted by those who consider media duties beneath them.

for anyone that wants to give this more views than its worth (i already feel dirty having read it):

http://www.theweek.co.uk/manchester-city/80128/ill-mannered-pep-guardiola-clashes-with-bbc-again
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They really are deluded:

but critics say managers should remember who bankrolls the league
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What do they even mean by that? They have to pay that money to cover the games... to make money, they aren't doing it out of the kindness of their own hearts, nor do they have any authority to tell managers what to do, especially as they constantly bait managers into talking about the ref to get them into trouble, lets address that nonsense first. If they want to play power games we should start banning the little fannywipe journos from attending at all, they've been disrespectful on more than a few occasions, Pep's been blunt but hasn't said anything out of order he doesn't have to kiss up to them nor should they expect it... he can see right through them is their problem.
 
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Pep Guardiola has told friends he sees Manchester City as a long-term project and is eyeing up a stay of at least FIVE YEARS. [Sun]

Sources close to Guardiola say he is loving life in Manchester and loves the 'vibe'. His family are also settling in well. [Sun]

Pep is bringing architects and planners over from Barcelona to “customise” the city-centre apartment he has bought. [Sun]
 
Who wouldn't love the vibe of every major road being dug up, high levels of homelessness, litter and it pissing down most of the time?
Vamos Pep!!
Just goes to show you don't have to be a Manc to get it.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
Who wouldn't love the vibe of every major road being dug up, high levels of homelessness, litter and it pissing down most of the time?
Vamos Pep!!
Just goes to show you don't have to be a Manc to get it.
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Not seen him in Abdul's yet!
 
Metalartin said:
They really are deluded:



What do they even mean by that? They have to pay that money to cover the games... to make money, they aren't doing it out of the kindness of their own hearts, nor do they have any authority to tell managers what to do, especially as they constantly bait managers into talking about the ref to get them into trouble, lets address that nonsense first. If they want to play power games we should start banning the little fannywipe journos from attending at all, they've been disrespectful on more than a few occasions, Pep's been blunt but hasn't said anything out of order he doesn't have to kiss up to them nor should they expect it... he can see right through them is their problem.
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It's such bullshit. They have the right to an interview from our coaching team, they don't have the right for their stupid questions to be enjoyed, they don't even have the right to speak to Guardiola himself.

Not to mention the whole parasitic lot of them are frothing at the mouth with his curt interviews, blowing it up into column inches and clicks as often as possible.

Who finances the league?

Perhaps the more pertinent question is who's bringing in money for sky? Who's supporting the sports journalism industry?
 
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