Liverpool boss Arne Slot can't hide true feelings on Pep Guardiola signing new Man City deal

Liverpool brag Arne Slot said helium was blessed to perceive Pep Guardiola would proceed to beryllium his rival successful the dugout for the adjacent 2 years, saying it would guarantee the Premier League remains the astir breathtaking league

Liverpool brag Arne Slot has insisted Pep Guardiola signing a caller woody with Manchester City was "good news" for the Premier League.

Guardiola enactment pen to insubstantial connected a caller two-year woody with City that volition instrumentality his clip astatine the Etihad to implicit a decade. The legendary manager explained that 4 defeats successful a enactment had prompted him to perpetrate to the nine and assistance them bounce back.

Liverpool are yet to look Manchester City this play but person a immense crippled coming up against their rubric rivals connected December 1 - which volition pit Slot against Guardiola for the archetypal clip - with City aiming to trim the five-point spread betwixt the sides.

Slot said helium was blessed to perceive Guardiola would proceed to beryllium his rival successful the dugout for the adjacent 2 years, saying it would guarantee the Premier League remains the astir breathtaking successful the world.

"That’s bully quality for City archetypal of all, and besides bully quality for the league due to the fact that I deliberation everyone wants to person the champion managers imaginable and the champion players implicit here," helium said.

"He’s decidedly 1 of champion managers successful the league if not the champion if you look astatine what helium did, 4 times champions successful a row, it’s just to accidental he’s possibly the champion manager successful the league. It’s bully for City fans and absorbing for america to support connected facing 1 of the champion managers shot has ever had."

However, helium insisted City are truthful good tally and filled with endowment that they would find a mode to beryllium palmy adjacent if Guardiola chose to leave.

"It is simply a bully thing, but connected the different manus City person truthful galore prime players that if helium made the prime to permission the nine I would ne'er expect them to beryllium bottommost of the league adjacent season," helium said.

Guardiola is City's astir palmy manager of each clip aft winning six Premier League titles, 9 home trophies and the Champions League successful 2023.

He has won each portion of silverware up for grabs - including the Club World Cup - but the erstwhile Barcelona and Bayern Munich brag said helium was focused connected adding adjacent much honours to his trophy cabinet.

"This is my ninth play here," Guardiola said. "We person experienced truthful galore astonishing times together. I person a truly peculiar feeling for this shot club. Hopefully present we tin adhd much trophies to the ones we person already won. That volition beryllium my focus."

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