When Guardiola walks into a press room, the temperature spikes, the pens tremble, and somewhere a notepad sheds a single tear. After Manchester City’s commanding 2–0 victory over Fulham — with Ilkay Gündoğan and Erling Haaland delivering their usual dose of football wizardry — all eyes turned not to the pitch, but to the pulpit. That’s right, the Pep pulpit.
And who took center stage? Not the Premier League trophy, not the beaming goal-scorers. No — it was Jack Grealish’s conspicuous absence that had the journos flapping like seagulls around a chip. But Guardiola, calm as a monk who’s just meditated through three El Clásicos, wasn’t having any of it.
Guardiola Unplugged: No, He Doesn’t Hate Jack
“Your questions about Jack Grealish surprise me,” Guardiola said with all the exhaustion of a man asked to explain email attachments to his grandmother. “When did I ever say I was unhappy with him?” A rhetorical sledgehammer delivered with the grace of a ballerina.
To be fair, the man’s got 25 elite footballers in his hands. Selecting a matchday squad at City is like choosing your favorite Beatle — impossible, and someone’s always mad.
Guardiola and the Equal Opportunity Bench
The Catalan mastermind rattled off names faster than a kid opening FIFA packs — Rico Lewis, James McAtee, and Vitor Roque — all watching from the stands. “Yet you only talk about Jack,” he sighed. Subtext: Let me coach in peace.
He made it clear: no politics, no drama, just the cold arithmetic of elite football management. And everyone — from seasoned stars to fresh-faced rookies — is measured on merit.
Guardiola’s Uzbek Shoutout: Khusanov, Are You Listening?
Then came a delightful curveball. Guardiola threw some warm praise toward Uzbekistan’s own Abdukodir Khusanov. Mentioning him alongside big names wasn’t just a compliment — it was a message: you belong. For young Khusanov, hearing his name from Pep is the football equivalent of winning the lottery and being told there’s cake, too.
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