Pep Guardiola ‘threatened to quit 100 times’ as Manchester City manager
Chair compares Guardiola with The Boy Who Cried Wolf ‘He never thought he would stay more than four years’ Khaldoon al-Mubarak has revealed Pep Guardiola “quit 100 times” as Manchester City manager, with the chair comparing the Catalan’s empty threats to The Boy Who Cried Wolf, one of Aesop’s Fables. Guardiola left…
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