Guardiola apologizes to a European runner-up

Pep Guardiolacoach of City of Manchesterhas apologized to a European runner-up about whom he made remarks after the Qatar World Cup 2022 and for whom he was hardly counted among the ‘citizen’ group.

Is about Calvin Phillipsaccused by Guardiola in December 2022 of returning “excess weight from the World Cup”, where he participated in the English team and is currently on loan at West Ham, which he joined this January. For 18 months at city, the midfielder only started 6 games. At the end of 2022, Guardiola praised the team Phillipswhich he said was “super sexy.”

Calvin Phillips He was a key player in the English team that was runner-up in Europe at the last Euro Cup, the epitome of leeds at the command of Marcelo Bielsa and in the summer of 2022 he signed for city for 48 million euros. By order of Guardiola to Phillips Things didn’t exactly go well for him.

Pep Guardiola He left the team for a while Calvin Phillipswho recently said that this was the most difficult moment of his career and that he attributed his overweight to a trip to New York after the World Cup, but did not like the “ways” of Guardiola when dealing with the matter. “It’s a very difficult blow to my confidence,” added the England international.

Now Pep Guardiola apologizes to Kalvin Phillips: “I’m sorry… I apologize. It’s not bad to apologize once every eight years. But I’m very sorry. I talked to him before saying that in public. I never do it without first talking to the player. But I’m really sorry” .

The beginning of Calvin Phillips within West Ham It didn’t turn out exactly right. In his debut, a mistake on his part led to a goal from Bournemouth on February 1 (1-1). He is new Manchester United, the same thing happened 3 days later (3-0 for Old Trafford). And on Saturday against Nottingham Forest He was sent off after seeing two yellow cards and the Hammers lost 2-0.