Taking about his lack of playing time to the press is the worst thing Raheem Sterling could have done. Maybe if he had another coach, it would have been easier to complain, but when Pep Guardiola is on the other side, it’s not the same. One of the best coaches in the world worked with big time stars, from Messi and Xavi to Lewandowski and Augero, and has no sympathy for those kind of statement. Sterling interested in playing abroad, and that’s music to Barca’s earsBy taking his problems out to the press, Sterling was risking that the journalists would ask Pep for a feedback. And they did, and it was a long reply with many key points. “Tomorrow, when you get the opportunity to play, show me, show yourselves, and show the world how wrong I was when I was not selecting you and then you are right. You have to play tomorrow. The biggest speak on the pitch. I was manager with incredible top players, and they never, never, never complained to me. Go there and show me how wrong I was when I wasn’t selecting you. The biggest athletes in the world, in all the sports, in the moment, they speak on the grass. That is where they have to talk” said the Spaniard. Reporter 🗣 “What were you like when you got left out?”Pep 🗣 “Look I was an exceptional player I was never on the bench.” 😌Pep Guardiola fires back when asked about his reaction as a player when/if he was ever left out of the starting line-up pic.twitter.com/407h0anbPv— Football Daily (@footballdaily) October 15, 2021 And he was irked by the journalist’s question how he dealt with being benched, when he played for Barcelona, so he first started with a joke. “I was an exceptional player, never on the bench so I cannot answer this question. You don’t remember, you didn’t see me but I was so good. I’m sorry. When this happens, football is to understand when you don’t play it’s the reason why I have to play better, to fight more. When the manager selects others, I understand. Understand because the manager has other thoughts and I have to work harder to convince them that I have to play. Always I was so respectful for the other ones but I can understand others. There are many clubs, many managers, you can do whatever you want, we don’t push barriers on that. Just make a phone call to the club and sort the situation. I’m not talking specifically about Raheem’s comments, but generally about all players. I have said it many times” said Guardiola. Sale at Etihad to collect the funds for Haaland – six players out, the super-striker inAnd just to make sure that others know that he also has to deal with the pressure of winning and selecting the best team, Manchester City manager revealed his talks with the directors. “People don’t judge me on how many titles we won in the clubs I have been. They judge me on what is going to happen tomorrow: are we going to win against Burnley or not? My chairman calls me: ‘Why don’t you win? You have to win tomorrow. I don’t care if you won the Premier League last season. My chairman repeats it many times. I have an exceptional relationship with Khaldoon. And he tells me it’s the past. Don’t care. It’s today” said Guardiola.
