admin Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano explained some secrets behind the club’s success. There is an unofficial rule within the Manchester City hierarchy: never make decisions on a Monday.
The club haven’t manoeuvred themselves into the position they are in by taking extra days off in the week, but the bosses do not want to be seen to make rash calls. A bad weekend deserves a few days to sink in before there are any serious consequences.
CEO Ferran Soriano advocates this for all companies, especially the emotional investment in football, where worlds can be conquered or finished in 90 minutes on a Saturday or Sunday. Whatever Pep Guardiola may argue, football is ultimately a performance-based industry.
It was telling that the manager used his first opportunity after winning the Champions League with City – their holy grail – to thank the board for not sacking him. There have been some memorable departures from the competition and 2016 was his first year in English football for the world’s best manager, but each time he has had the full backing of his employers.
City and Liverpool, England’s top two sides under Guardiola, are said to have the two longest-serving managers, while this year’s runners-up Arsenal have relied on Mikel Arteta since joining as manager, despite setbacks.Cuts and changes can produce results in certain circumstances, but since Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp came to power that has been less and less the case.
“We can lose games, important games, and let’s say we can be very sad and angry for 24 hours, but at 25 we have to go back and think about the next game,” explained Soriano. How many managers have we had in the last 10 years? Two: Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola.“How many football coaches?
One – Txiki Begiristian. Part of being successful is being consistent, resilient, persevering and not panicking when we lose.”We all lose in life, but in football we lose more.” You can be sure of losing games and I’ve seen City go to lunch after losing games and it’s a funeral and people are really fucked up are.”Then you have to be resilient, but also smart enough to think that today is not the day to make decisions.”It’s one of the reasons we’ve been successful over the past decade.
“If Guardiola is proud to have received support then his bosses will surely be pleased not to let emotion sway their decisions as they continue to revel in a season of trebles. It will be City’s most successful year on and off the pitch and early indicators for the 23/24 season are already looking positive.Don’t expect much on Monday.
