Pep shared what he feels about some of his star players like Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva and about the fact that they were ignored from contesting for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Current Premier League champion Manchester City’s boss Pep Guardiola has urged fans to try and not overlook what they have achieved in the recent past because they do not have a glorious past like some of the other teams of the competition.
Pep also shared what he feels about some of his star players like Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva and about the fact that they were ignored from contesting for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
“We don’t have the history behind [us] but maybe in the future people are going to think, ‘OK, this club is doing things, because in eight years we won four Premier Leagues’.” Guardiola was quoted as saying by FOX Sports Asia, in response to a question on how City are inarguably one of the best football sides in the world in contemporary times.
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He then went on to talk about the coveted 2019 Best FIFA Men’s Player award. Notably, as many as ten players including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohammed Salah have been officially nominated but despite performing well not a single Manchester City player has made it to the nomination list.
Speaking on this particular issue, Guardiola stated: “So far we have not won the player [of the year] either: not Sergio, not David [Silva], not Vincent [Kompany], not Yaya [Toure], not the players in the past. The year [we won] 100 points [in 17-18] as well. Huge respect for Mohamed Salah but Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva were above and beyond the normal situations.”
“But it is opinions and of course we accept that the players don’t deserve it,” he added.
“It’s because Manchester City are new in this situation in the last decade. I cannot imagine Barcelona, Real Madrid winning four titles [in the last eight years] and not one single player being there,” Guardiola added.
“Impossible, if you think about it”, he concluded.
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