Khaldoon

domalino said:
Another little anecdote about Khaldoon being a boss.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48244355

Let's start with the second one. Just after Tottenham knocked City out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, there was silence, interspersed with tears in the coaching room.

At City, directors and, especially, the chairman tend to be balanced both in moments of euphoric victory and painful defeats. As Latins, Pep Guardiola and his right-hand man Manel Estiarte tend to be a tad more dramatic.

The scene, post-game, was traumatic. Director of football Txiki Begiristain and Joan Patsy, a key part of the technical department, were there. "Damn this Champions League! It is so hard. We can't win it!" someone shouted in Catalan.

At this point the club's CEO, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, entered the room. After a while his train of thought turned to what was needed.

"Let's focus on the Premier League. We are five games from making history," he said. His words brought memories of what he had said the previous season after City failed to clinch the title when they squandered a 2-0 lead to lose to rivals Manchester United.

"We have won the title," he told them. "If not this week then next. Why don't we focus our energies on establishing all possible records?"

Guardiola and the team accepted the challenge. At the end of the season the chairman presented the coaches and important people at the club with a ball consisting of 19 stripes, with each of the 19 records broken by the club that year written on it.

This time after the Spurs defeat, he told Guardiola that City were having an extraordinary season.

"We will never be able to control football totally. There will be one day that we will win the Champions League. But we will not win it playing better than we have done today. Go and win the league, and the FA Cup. It is an amazing season, and if you win it all you will be the king of England!"

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Born leader .
 
Fancy you guys to win the Fa cup too! You got the double last season, hopefully the treble this season! Quadruple next year? ....
 
domalino said:
Another little anecdote about Khaldoon being a boss.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48244355

Let's start with the second one. Just after Tottenham knocked City out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, there was silence, interspersed with tears in the coaching room.

At City, directors and, especially, the chairman tend to be balanced both in moments of euphoric victory and painful defeats. As Latins, Pep Guardiola and his right-hand man Manel Estiarte tend to be a tad more dramatic.

The scene, post-game, was traumatic. Director of football Txiki Begiristain and Joan Patsy, a key part of the technical department, were there. "Damn this Champions League! It is so hard. We can't win it!" someone shouted in Catalan.

At this point the club's CEO, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, entered the room. After a while his train of thought turned to what was needed.

"Let's focus on the Premier League. We are five games from making history," he said. His words brought memories of what he had said the previous season after City failed to clinch the title when they squandered a 2-0 lead to lose to rivals Manchester United.

"We have won the title," he told them. "If not this week then next. Why don't we focus our energies on establishing all possible records?"

Guardiola and the team accepted the challenge. At the end of the season the chairman presented the coaches and important people at the club with a ball consisting of 19 stripes, with each of the 19 records broken by the club that year written on it.

This time after the Spurs defeat, he told Guardiola that City were having an extraordinary season.

"We will never be able to control football totally. There will be one day that we will win the Champions League. But we will not win it playing better than we have done today. Go and win the league, and the FA Cup. It is an amazing season, and if you win it all you will be the king of England!"

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Just read that. Have to say that personally Guillem Balague is one of best sporting journalists.
 
Marky Lundie said:
Fancy you guys to win the Fa cup too! You got the double last season, hopefully the treble this season! Quadruple next year? ....
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You know, in all the excitement of the last few weeks it didn't occur to me that the only thing that truly mattered was the league trophy. I got sidetracked with chumps league and fa cup stuff.
This prem cup is the mcguffin that all teams are wanting. Even the Scouse mob know that.

Anyway, khaldoon is the man for big words on big occasions. We are lucky to have him steering the club!
 
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