Champions League
Guardiola: ‘I’m more likely to stay at City if they get relegated to League One than if we win the Champions League’
Pep Guardiola was asked at the press conference about Everton’s 10-point deduction and the 115 charges against Manchester City and he answered what he would do if his team were relegated.
Everton suffered a major blow on Friday (11/17) when they were handed a 10-point penalty after an independent panel found they had allegedly breached the Premier League’s winning and sustainability rules.
Pep Guardiola was asked in his pre-derby press conference with Liverpool about Everton’s punishment, but also about the existing allegations weighing on his own team.
“I won’t say a word about Everton because I don’t know what really happened. They are two completely different cases.”
I know people say: “Why aren’t City in the conference?” But let’s wait. They are two different cases, they are not the same. One of them is bigger, it’s more complicated.
He was then asked if he would leave City if they were relegated: “You ask me as if we were already punished. At the moment we are innocent. If we are in the first division, there is a better chance of me staying than if we win the Champions League.”
We recall that last February the Premier League’s investigation into possible FFP violations by Manchester City was completed and Pep Guardiola’s team was charged with violations in all seasons from 2009 to 2018.
Source: Sport 24
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