English soccer has ever been the most famous for mind games ahead of every crucial game and upcoming all Manchester faceoff has already created a buzz in soccer fraternity. While everyone has his own favorite for the game, United is obviously has an upper hand for the high ranking star line in its side especially after arrival of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Taking the moment as the best opportunity to motivate own favorites and distract the opponent focus, Mino Raiola, who is the agent of both high profile newcomers to the Old Trafford side, is obviously the one who likes United to win the game. Hence he is as well looking Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to lose his focus out of the game by issuing a strong statement about the Spanish boss. He says he doesn’t like him neither as manager nor as human being, perhaps, he did not use the word hate citing it is a strong word for a football coach.
Actually, this could be his personnel opinion but revealing it just ahead of the big game is something which is done with a calculated mind game and this could be the reason in this case too. The match is going to be excited for one more reason, i.e., Ibrahimovic faceoff with his oldest enemy Guardiola whom he has said as ‘spineless coward’ in his autobiography after not having a great spell playing under him at Barcelona back in 2009-10 season.
Anyways, talking about the City boss, Raiola said, “I don’t like Guardiola as a man, I never did and never will. I don’t hate him because hate is a strong word and no one deserves that, but I don’t like him as a person. I also don’t like his tactics because I find them boring, but that is down to taste. Guardiola would never sit down with me. He doesn’t have the balls to sit down with me.
Adding about Ibrahimovic and Pogba switch, he said, “Zlatan is very famous, I am very proud to be his agent. He is a perfectionist in his professional and personal life. Players are like children, you love them all differently but they love you the same. It’s important that my players are happy where they are. The world-record fee is just a detail. What matters is that Pogba is at the club where he wanted to be.”