Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola pleased with Sheikh Mansour meeting
Tuesday 28 February 2017 16:19, UK
Pep Guardiola said he was pleased with his first meeting with Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour but is well aware he needs to deliver some silverware.
City took advantage of a free weekend to travel to Abu Dhabi for a warm-weather training camp last week and spent time with the club's hierarchy during the trip.
It was the first time Guardiola had met with the sheikh, whose funds have transformed City in the past nine years, since the Spaniard's arrival at the Etihad Stadium last summer.
"With [chairman] Khaldoon [Al Mubarak] we speak regularly - the last period he came often here - but the other people we met for the first time, [including] Sheikh Mansour," said Guardiola.
"I was really impressed that he knew absolutely everything about us. It was nice to meet him and spend a few hours together.
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"He is so happy because he sees all the games and he sees the effort, he demands it. He knows we give absolutely everything and we fight until the end.
"It was nice because it is important for us to know the president. I had good relations with almost all my owners in Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
"But they know, we know, all the managers and owners know, that we are here because of the results. If the results are not good we are going to be replaced by another. I replaced another manager."
A Premier League title in Guardiola's first season now seems unlikely with City 11 points behind leaders Chelsea, albeit with a game in hand.
But their Champions League challenge is still alive having beaten Monaco 5-3 in the first leg of their last-16 tie last week.
They also remain in the FA Cup and are at home to Sky Bet Championship high-flyers Huddersfield in a fifth-round replay on Wednesday.
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