Liverpool fans have been criticising Pep Guardiola for his recent comments about Manchester City.
This comes after Liverpool fan Twitter account @AnfieldEdition shared a post on their page of Guardiola’s comments on how his team are unable to compete with Liverpool and other big clubs. The post also included an image of City’s net spend on transfers since the 2016/17 season.
Here’s what Guardiola had to say:
“Liverpool, United, Barcelona, Madrid, Juventus. They are the teams we have to face and the reality is maybe we are not able now to compete with them.”
This post then gathered many replies from Liverpool fans who were quick to slate the Spaniard for his comments.
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Here’s a sample of Liverpool fans criticising the two-time Premier League winning manager:
Checkbook manager
— Jack (@JackMorgan2307) December 9, 2019
If that is a genuine quote then it’s showing up to not be a top manager, but just a charlatan that can manage when he has a monster budget. Klopp managing what he has with his spend is proper management.
— Declan Walsh (@Hawk4077) December 9, 2019
It’s as if Guardiola can only succeed when he takes over a club that is already highly successful… #Barca #bayernmünchen #ManCity
— Irish ELT (@irishelt) December 9, 2019
He’s tiptoeing towards the door saying stuff like this, he obviously wants the pay off and a new challenge.
— Martin The Red (@Topred2020) December 9, 2019
I can’t believe he said that he lost it apparently.
— MAK_IV (@gmak417) December 9, 2019
#pep shamelessly makes such statements. It’s shocking! Checkbook manager! Complete fraud!
— Murtaza Rattani (@MTr_Rattani) December 9, 2019
Guardiola said this after seeing his team lose 2-1 to Manchester United at the weekend. But despite winning seven trophies during his time in England seeing his team break numerous records, some Liverpool fans were still quick to point out City’s net spend on transfers under the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss.
Pep the fraud.
— Fowler (@fowler1982) December 9, 2019
What a fraud
— Scouse Baby Yoda (@Anfield96YNWA) December 9, 2019
He has more than enough resources to compete with Liverpool whose net spend is 75 million compared to Guardiola’s 525 million
If he can’t compete with Liverpool then the problem is with him and him only
Comments like these make people call him FRAUDIOLA— Ameen (@Ameen_LFC) December 9, 2019
What do we think?
Liverpool fans are going to take any opportunity they can to criticise City and Guardiola after losing out to them in last season’s Premier League season. Now that Liverpool are 14 points ahead of the current champions in the Premier League table, some Reds fans will be thinking City won’t be retaining their title this time around.