The Football Reporters: Did Pep Guardiola eclipse Sir Alex?
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Attention all passengers. |
| 0:04.0 | The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend |
| 0:07.0 | will depart in four minutes from Platform 6. |
| 0:10.0 | Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view |
| 0:14.0 | and a table seat, ideal for playing footsie beneath. |
| 0:17.0 | Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber. |
| 0:21.6 | Trains on Uber. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello and welcome to the Football Reporters. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm James Olly, joined today by Rob Dorton and Tom Hamilton to look back on a decade |
| 0:39.5 | of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and taking a look at what the future holds for the club. |
| 0:45.8 | Tottenham secured survival on the final day of the Premier League campaign, but how did they get |
| 0:50.7 | from a Champions League final in 2019 to back-to-back 17th place finishes? |
| 0:56.2 | And what can they do to stop another relegation fight next season? |
| 1:00.4 | And finally, Thomas Tuchel's England World Cup squad divided opinion, |
| 1:04.5 | but we'll let you know the methods guiding his picks. |
| 1:07.2 | Now, Rob, last 48 hours have been dominated by the departure of Pep Guardiola. |
| 1:12.7 | But my first question is, we saw Michael Jordan recording a video note for Pep's departure. |
| 1:18.0 | Were you asked to do one? |
| 1:20.0 | No, definitely not. |
| 1:22.8 | His relationship with the journalists was never particularly close. |
| 1:26.1 | Although saying that on Friday after |
| 1:27.8 | his last pre-match press conference, he did take us into a little side room at the CFA and we had |
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