LONDON, Dec 7 — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he was only joking when he referred to winning twice as many Premier League titles as Jose Mourinho, after the former...
Manchester City 's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts on the touchline during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester December 4, 2024. — AFP picas a first-time user .
Guardiola, who held up six fingers to Liverpool fans on Sunday, a gesture similar to Mourinho holding up three fingers in 2018 before getting sacked by Manchester United, had made the comment when asked if he could suffer a fate similar to the Portuguese. Mourinho responded to Guardiola’s comment yesterday, ahead of his team Fenerbahce’s clash with Besiktas.HurriyetCity did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Mourinho’s statement.
“If I have offended him, I am so sorry. But it was a joke. The fact is he has three and I have six, it is a fact. But the intention was completely fine,” he said.
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