The Negreira case has been making a lot of noise in Spanish football spheres, with the matter involving Barcelona's payments to Jose Enriquez Negreira during his time as the vice president of the Referees' Technical Committee (CTA) being currently investigated in courts. Barcelona maintain that the payments, handed out between 2001 and 2018, were made in exchange for reports on referees and scouting reports, and there has been no evidence of any wrongdoing.
I already played a lot on the wing, although I drifted centrally, and he put me in the middle. That position suited me perfectly. Working with him was on another level, because he already knew everything the other team was going to do, he had everything prepared, and things just fell into place during the match. It's another level.
No-one has played more games under Pep Guardiola than Bernardo Silva. Silva has been picked more than 400 times by Manchester City manager Guardiola, who signed the Portugal midfielder in 2017. They have won six Premier League titles together, while Silva has also won the Nations League title twice. Silva sat down with Kelly Somers to talk about what it is like to play under Guardiola, his standout matches, and his dream of winning the World Cup.
Pep Guardiola has once again shown his class both on and off the pitch, earning praise for his post-match gesture toward Real Madrid forward Rodrygo Goes following Manchester City's 2-1 Champions League victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. The Premier League giants secured a crucial away win thanks to goals from Nico O'Reilly and Erling Haaland. But one of the night's most talked-about moments came after the final whistle, when Guardiola approached Rodrygo for a brief but heartfelt conversation. Speaking to reporters after the match, Guardiola revealed what he told the Brazilian forward, as reported by Fabrizio Romano: I went to Rodrygo and I told him, What a player you are he's really unbelievable.'
"I feel embarrassed, ashamed when I see it," Guardiola said. "I don't like it. I apologised after one second to the cameraman. "I am who I am. After 1,000 games I'm not a perfect person, I make huge mistakes. It's not about that. What is for sure, I defend any team and my club, that's for sure. The reason why is I want to defend my team and my club."
