He’s been at City for 9 years. Living in England, immersed in the culture. For someone who presents himself as an intellectual manager, I’m shocked by how bad his English still is. Sure he can rattle off a long statement, but his syntax is shocking. I lived in Spain for two and a half years over twenty years ago, and by the time I left I was completely fluent. Odd little mistake here and there obviously, but I could broadly sound very similar in Spanish as I do in English. Even now, over two decades later, my Spanish is better than his English.
I guess it’s not that relevant of a point, but when you have people lauded as a genius of their industry, and they’ve been living and working in the country for nearly a decade, I just find it odd. There’s almost a certain level of arrogance about it, in that he hasn’t really improved on it in the last 6 or 7 years.
That arrogance was in full flow today with the Echeverría decision over Grealish and Nunes, the decision not to play any true CM, and his classless haranguing of Henderson at the final whistle. I know the media has him as some sort of guru and saint, but he’s been a serial cheater throughout his career, added to his success being built on always having the most resources and best squad. I really hold the guy in very low regard comparative to his trophy haul.
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