Pep Guardiola Backs Manchester City After 115-Charge Verdict: “We Will Get Through This Together”
Pep Guardiola has backed Manchester City after the club was found guilty of the majority of its Premier League charges, promising supporters they will get through the crisis together.
Pep Guardiola Backs Manchester City After 115-Charge Verdict: “We Will Get Through This Together”
Pep Guardiola has broken his silence following Manchester City’s landmark Premier League verdict, throwing his full support behind the club, its leadership, players and supporters as City prepare to fight the findings through the appeal process.
The former Manchester City manager spoke out after an independent commission found the club guilty of the vast majority of the financial-rule charges brought against them. City have rejected the findings and intend to appeal.
Guardiola Stands Behind His Former Club
Guardiola, who left Manchester City at the end of last season after a trophy-filled decade, made his position clear in a message to supporters.
The Spaniard said he remained behind the club, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive Ferran Soriano, the players, staff, new manager Enzo Maresca and the supporters.
His message was simple: “We will get through this together.”
It is the latest in a long line of public statements in which Guardiola has expressed his trust in City's leadership during the years-long investigation.
Pep Has Backed City From The Beginning
Guardiola has repeatedly maintained that he trusted the explanations given to him by the club's hierarchy.
During his time as manager, he consistently called for the case to be concluded and said he would accept the outcome of the independent process. He also previously stated that if the club had lied to him, he would have walked away.
Now that the commission has delivered its findings, Guardiola has chosen to remain firmly alongside the club.
City Prepare For The Next Battle
Manchester City have strongly rejected the verdict and say they possess substantial evidence to challenge the findings. Chief executive Ferran Soriano has also publicly defended the club and confirmed that City intend to appeal.
The appeal could therefore become the next major chapter in one of English football's longest-running financial cases.
For Guardiola, however, his message to City supporters is already clear.
The verdict may have changed the situation — but it has not changed Pep Guardiola's loyalty to Manchester City.
