That's not what's being played out across the media. The media aren't reading between the lines. They are making the lines up. I know that, you know that, and Pep of all people should and does know that. The media have twisted his words. It's happened before. Pep knows how the media work in this country as he's been on the sharp end of it since becoming City manager.
Pep's remit is the team, the players, and winning trophies, not the fans. 3 Pl crowds of 50,000+, 1 CL crowd of 45,000, great to very good support over the last 3 home games. What's Pep's problem with that? The answer should be and is nothing.