‘Next, next, next': Pep Guardiola refuses to respond to La Liga's legal complaint
Pep Guardiola refused to respond to Javier Tebas after the La Liga president accused the Premier League club of financial deception and claimed a legal complaint had been filed to the European Commission over their finances.
On Thursday, Tebas told the Financial Times Business of Football Summit that the European Commission is investigating LaLiga's complaint and claimed City have used 'extra companies' to balance their finance sheets.
City did not comment on LaLiga's reported complaint but strongly refuted Tebas' allegations - with the club briefing that the La Liga president has a history of attacking the club.
Guardiola and Tebas have history, too, with the manager calling him 'jealous of English football' when City's two-year Champions League ban was overturned in 2020.
Guardiola made it clear that he would not be discussing Tebas again as he interrupted a question about the LaLiga president and immediately replied: 'Next, next'.
Guardiola stopped a further question about whether it was 'tiring' to have to respond to off-field matters and raised his voice as he replied 'next' for a third time.
City are also awaited a verdict from the Premier League after being charged with over 100 breaches of its financial rules, which is separate to LaLiga's reported complaint.
City won a fourth Premier League titles in a row last season and won the Champions League as part of the 'Treble' in 2023 and Guardiola was asked if the team's success had anything to do with them being a target.
"I don't know. It happened in the past with Uefa and in a few weeks it'll happen in the Premier League, the sentence right?' Guardiola said. 'We wait, and after we talk. I don't know [if it has anything to do with success].'
Guardiola said 'every game is a final' as Manchester City look to finish a disappointing season by qualifying for the Champions League and winning the FA Cup. They host Plymouth, who defeated Liverpool in the previous round, on Saturday.
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