Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has denied accusations that his club had disrespected Jose Mourinho in a recent documentary.
The documentary, entitled ‘All or Nothing’, was released by streaming service Amazon last week and has angered Manchester United manager Mourinho. Accusing City of disrespect, Mourinho took a swipe at the Premier League champions, claiming “you cannot buy class”, for the way it features him and United in the programme.
Guardiola addressed the claims and insisted his club had not intended to insult their neighbours.
“That is true, you cannot buy class. I agree with Jose,” Guardiola said. I think we lived an amazing season last season, there were cameras. We did it for ourselves. I don’t agree with Jose in terms of being disrespectful to them. This was not our intention, just to film what happened last season. But I think we are a club that is trying to grow, trying to win titles and we did it for ourselves, for the fans, to see what happened in our locker room.”
“It’s his opinion, it’s Jose’s opinion. Another guy is going to say ‘we like it’ another guy will say ‘no’. But I agree with him, class you cannot buy.”
Manchester City thrashed Huddersfield 6-0 earlier on Sunday.
After a sabbatical period, Bayern Munich announced Guardiola would join the club as manager in 2013. In his first season at the club, he won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. He won seven trophies during his tenure in Germany; winning the Bundesliga every season he was there, as well as two domestic doubles. He left Bayern Munich for Manchester City in 2016, and guided them to the Premier League title in his second season as manager, breaking numerous domestic records as the team became the first to attain 100 league points.
As a manager, Guardiola has won 24 major honours,making him one of the most successful managers in world football. He also holds the record for the most consecutive league wins in La Liga, Bundesliga and the Premier League. He is regarded by many in the sport to be one of the greatest managers in football history