Pep Guardiola: "Raiola offered me Mkhitaryan and Pogba two months ago.
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Felt like pointing it out.
He's probably really hurt by the humbling Pool gave them, has the derby coming up, I think he's doing everything he can at this point to take attention away from himself.
This.
He is a coward playing “mind games”.
Embargoed in UK.
Those journos can go whistle.
You don't take any attention away from yourself by starting a press war with a whorebag like Raiola, and you most certainly don't do it by potentially winding up Jose.
this would right after the spurs game when he was shit and subbed
You do because the focus will now be on Raiola offering Pogba up to City at a time when there's speculation over his relationship with Mourinho. The focus isn't going to be over Pep and Raiola. It was a ridiculous thing for Pep to reveal. Proper cnut.
If he offered him Mkhi then it was early January.
He could have mention it weeks ago but he chose not to. The timing to talk about it right before the derby and after the shit show just shows he is attempting to deflect attention away from the horror show at Anfield.
Why did he bring this up before derby though? He could have handled it any different way. Shit stirring
Which makes no sense because that was after the window closed and Mkhi quite literally just sealed his move to Arsenal. Pep is probaby giving a rough estimate of time rather than a specific one. I doubt even Raiola would offer up a client a week after he moved.
Have we ever seen embargoed quotes like this in foreign media before today?
From what Pep said it sounded like they were both offered around the same time which would have been middle of January/early January which is weird as prior to the Spurs game both he and Martial were our best players that month.
Some better translated comments on MEN.
He mentioned it because Raiola called him a cnut two days ago.
Look at them throwing orders around like they're somebody
More reasons for English journalists to hate Di Marzio. I love it.
This could also be an outright lie on Pep’s part. It makes no sense that Raiola was supposedly offering Mhiki to City, when at that time Raiola & Mhiki were in the midst of negotiation for the Sanchez exchange. Keep in mind City had also been after Sanchez.
Again that makes no sense because it would be right after Mkhi had just moved to Arsenal. I think Pep just approximated time but that it would have likely occurred in January when it was obvious Mkhi was exiting the club.
Lay down with dogs....
Right. Of all the things to say about the matter, he chose to bring up two of United's player.
And where is the proof that Raiola called him a cnut two days ago?
Why would he hold back, when Raiola was insulting him as a person?
WTF is Guardiola going on talking about calling Raiola a 'dog'?
He was offered 2 players. He refused them.
So move on.
Seems to me that Guardiola's real intent could be to cause disharmony at United. For him to call Pogba an "incredible player" is just laughable though.
He was offered 2 players. He refused them.
So move on.
Seems to me that Guardiola's real intent could be to cause disharmony at United. For him to call Pogba an "incredible player" is just laughable though.
Because Raiola called him out and a couple of days ago, he was asked about it and responded.
Football journalists in this country are so self important. Absolute wankers.
Guardiola is and all. Any other manager and they'd be called out on this.
Guardiola is and all. Any other manager and they'd be called out on this.
So insult Raiola as a person back. There's no need to bring Pogba into it. He knew exactly what he was doing with these comments and it goes beyond getting one over on Raiola as well.
If this is true, it could explain Pogba’s drop in form straight after, yeah?
Hope it’s just Raiola trying to get some leverage for a new record contract for Pogba though.
Like literally its in this thread in the last few messages, he was asked about it and responded, do you think he just walked into a conference and said "oh hey, raiola offered me pogba and Mkhi".
All the English journos have broken the embargo now
Raiola whoring his players out to get a better deal. It happens every time with him.
Di Marzio is above the embargo rules.What a king
Raiola's garbage. I am with Guardiola on this one. And if push comes to shove, Pogba can feck off if he sides with Raiola, no-one's bigger than the club.
I think even Zlatan talks too much trash about Pep, he's been professional and even praised Zlatan, but the latter can't let go. Managers have their player preferences.
I think even Zlatan talks too much trash about Pep, he's been professional and even praised Zlatan, but the latter can't let go. Managers have their player preferences.
The very fact they are embargoed comments and have leaked tells you everything you need to know about why Pep said it.
It won't have been a UK journalist who informed Di Marzio of these comments because it's just not in their interest to do so. The embargo exists for their benefit.
I'd bet my left testical that this has come directly from City who found out these quotes were embargoed until tonight and needed them to get out early in the hope it would create a problem within the squad and effect Mourinho's selection.
Pep knows full well that Pogba's distribution will be key to our transitions tomorrow as we're going to be on the back foot.
It won't have been a UK journalist who informed Di Marzio of these comments because it's just not in their interest to do so. The embargo exists for their benefit.
I'd bet my left testical that this has come directly from City who found out these quotes were embargoed until tonight and needed them to get out early in the hope it would create a problem within the squad and effect Mourinho's selection.
Pep knows full well that Pogba's distribution will be key to our transitions tomorrow as we're going to be on the back foot.
ahead of the derby
That was old news.
Yes, he wanted to get back at Raiola, so he conveniently namechecked Pogba and Mkhitaryan being offered to him. He could have called out Raiola without naming players.
Yes he probably stirred some major drama for Raiola and several others in our team. Ofcourse he knew what he was doing, Pep is not stupid.
Raiola just called him a dog and he's just getting asked.
Interesting. Could this have played a role in the tension that happened between Mourinho and Paul ?
Whatever the answer is, unless Pogba puts a strict rules for his relation with Raiola regarding us, these stories will be a routine when we decide to renew his contract.
So Raiola tried to engineer an exit for Pogba and Mkhi at the same time and offers them to Pep. This is even before Pogba was dropped! Pep refused and that's why Raiola called him a dog just a few days ago. Have I missed something?
It would be a cold day in hell before we sold any player to City. I'd like to think Raiola being the shrewd businessman he is knows this too, any discussion were probably for a better deal for Pogbas renewal.