Pep Guardiola, the manager of Man City, finally admitted that Zlatan Ibrahimovic was not so bad.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admits he is baffled by Manchester United’s slide. A club which, according to him, had the best players not so long ago, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Guardiola highlights everything MU has lost
The Spanish coach believes that Manchester United had the players necessary to be more competitive than they were and that the mistake made by his management was to get rid of them.
“I know what we have done in recent years, but I don’t know what Manchester United have done and I can’t explain why they are not fighting for the title,” he said.
“But I didn’t expect it, honestly: when I arrived, there was José Mourinho on the bench, Ibrahimovic up front, Lukaku recruited in 2017…”. The fact that Guardiola mentions Ibrahimovic is also surprising because he did not want him at Barcelona and did everything to eject him from the club.
Indirectly, Guardiola then pointed out what the Red Devils lack to be efficient. “Unity from top to bottom and common leadership throughout the club. We did it like that from day one and it worked. »
