“The best Spanish export of all time is Pep Guardiola”

The Labor mayor of Manchester, Andy BurnhamThis Monday featured the attraction that is the city north of England for football lovers and assured: “The best Spanish export of all time is Pep Guardiola“.

Burnham refers to the achievements of the Catalan coach of City of Manchester at an event in London organized by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in United Kingdomwhere he emphasized the many commercial and cultural connections of the English north with Spain.

The mayor since 2017, who will be re-elected in May, said in statements EFE after the act which, in his opinion, Manchester “it is the biggest football city in Europe”, because only Milan, he said, has two winners in Champions League (City of Manchester in 2023 and Manchester United in 1968, 1999 and 2008).

“Football is a great tourist attraction,” he said, noting that, in addition to the stadiums, you can visit a National Football Museum.

Burnham He also said he supports the government’s English football governance bill, which will be introduced to Parliament this week, believing clubs need an independent regulator.

“I don’t see how Premier League It can be both a promoter of a product and its regulator. There is a conflict of interest there, because sometimes regulation can conflict with their economic interests,” he said EFE.

“Personally, I believe that the arguments have been made for a long time in favor of an independent legal regulator for football in England” he added.

The politician, who was born in the nearby city of Liverpoolpointed out as an example of this situation the heavy penalty of ten points that his club, the Everton Liverpulian, for failing to meet his financial obligations.

“He Everton received a 10 point deduction without any published penalty regime, which appears to be an arbitrary decision. “I think the Premier League is trying to show that it can fix itself, but in reality it has shown that it can’t because it has acted without fairness or transparency,” he maintained.