City to play Barcelona in charity friendly after season starts (August 24th)

[Ric]

Not really sure why we're doing this, especially after Laporta keeps bad mouthing us, but there you go.

 

[domalino]

Not really sure why we're doing this, especially after Laporta keeps bad mouthing us, but there you go.

$$$$$

 

[Ric]

Ah, makes a bit more sense now:

"It will be a charity game to raise funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) awareness. It is in honour of Juan Carlos Unzue, a former Barcelona player and assistant coach.

Unzue has a close bond with key figures at City, such as Pep Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain."

 

[mexico1970]

I think we can forget our differences in matches like this that raise money and awareness for charities that genuinely help people.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Totally in favour of this but not during the season? That’s plain daft as far as I’m concerned ..

 

[RandomJ]

Why not arrange it during the pre-season? Seems an unnecessary injury risk during the season.

 

[waspish]

Ah, makes a bit more sense now:

"It will be a charity game to raise funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) awareness. It is in honour of Juan Carlos Unzue, a former Barcelona player and assistant coach.

Unzue has a close bond with key figures at City, such as Pep Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain."

Yeah and when they asked us we couldn’t actually say no for such a good cause..

 

[ted the grass]

Whatever happened to '' I'd love to go..but i'm working''...

 

[MCityFC]

Need to protest against this. All these wealthy people could cut a fucking cheque for ALS awareness, the clubs could do social media campaigns, play the fucking friendly in the preseason… anything but what they’ve decided to do.

 

[Ric]

Doubt we'll risk any senior players for it anyway, will be a mixture of kids and fringe players.