Premier League
Guardiola: ‘I feel sorry for the Tuhel and Chelsea players’
Pep Guardiola has avoided commenting on the sanctions imposed on Roman Abramovich by the British government but has made no secret of his sadness at the situation facing the Tuhelj and Chelsea players.
The British government announced on Wednesday (October 3) the “freeze” on the assets of seven Russian oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich, with the sale of Chelsea no longer possible as long as the “penalty” is in force.
Apart from the “ban” on sales, Chelsea cannot buy and sell players, sign new contracts with its players and beyond Selling tickets for its home games and only season ticket holders have access to the stadium.
The only consolation in this grim situation that has been created is that the west London team will continue to play under a special license in the Premier League, with the Blues announcing through an announcement that they will be approaching the Government to change the corresponding license. .
How the other sides in the league are dealing with the dramatic developments is typical of Pep Guardiola’s comment when asked about it, with the Manchester City coach stressing that he fully shares the uncomfortable position his opponent is in . Thomas Tuchel fell as well as the Chelsea footballers.
“I’m sorry I don’t have an opinion. I’ve seen the titles but I don’t know exactly what happened. Give me a few days to understand exactly what happened. I don’t know what of now on will happen.
It’s an uncomfortable situation for the players and Thomas Tuchel. “I feel bad for them because they are there to do their job.” The Catalan initially stressed, adding:
“We face the club, we’re here every few days. You have to understand that these are problems that we don’t know about and we don’t have an hour-long lesson to talk about them.
I prefer to wait – if I don’t know enough about something – because I don’t want to say anything that will embarrass the club.
I can talk about my club, last week I couldn’t talk about Manchester United, I’m not there. The same now applies to Chelsea.
Guardiola finally noted that he would speak to Manchester City executive director Ferran Soriano to find out more about the matter, concluding his argument on the Chelsea issue as follows:
“Perhaps I’ll give a clearer opinion at the next press conference after also speaking to City’s CEO.”
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