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Sam Lee

Sam Lee

Manchester City Correspondent for The Athletic

Jul 10, 2026

22:51
In a time where players are so well media-trained and, and some of them are pretty boring, he, he really stands out, doesn't he?
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22:58
Yeah, he does.
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22:59
And for me, it's the things like going to fans' houses to surprise kids and things like that.
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23:06
Because you could do, like, the video blogs from the World Cup just for kind of PR purposes.
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23:11
You know, here's a bit of a glimpse behind the curtain.
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23:14
It improves my reputation, this kind of thing.
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23:17
But I think those extra ones where he's out with the public and he's enjoying it, like the way we saw him in the tunnel before the Brazil game speaking to the mascots.
24:30
If you were Thomas Tuchel, what, what would you do? Obviously, John Stones and Marc Guéhi, albeit he's got a little bit of a doubt against his name now, they've had to deal with him in training, haven't they?
3:54
Now, as far as, as weeks go, it's not been a great one for Pep Guardiola, has it?
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3:58
No, it's been a weird one.
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3:59
I didn't think that they were in this territory still where they could lose two games back to back.
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4:04
Um, yeah, it has been a strange one.
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4:06
I think it was a bit of a misstep last night making all those changes at the same time.
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4:10
Like, the logic is partly right.
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4:12
All of those players he brought in needed to play.

11 MINS LATER

15:29
Mm.

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