“He'd better concentrate on football”

The Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester did not miss Pep Guardiola's speech and promptly sanctioned him. “Pep Guardiola is a football manager. While his humanitarian statements may be well-intentioned, he should focus on football,” the group said in a statement. Spaniard hurts and disappoints Manchester City with his 'repeated forays into international affairs'.

Jewish Representative Council: “This is particularly irritating”

It also states that “this is the second time in a week that he has chosen to express his controversial views on the conflict in the Middle East. Given his complete failure to use his platform to show solidarity, this is especially galling.”

Instead, the Spanish manager received support from the United Kingdom's “Amnesty International”. The human rights organization wrote: “Governments that kill, displace and dehumanize millions of people around the world want us to believe that this is normal. But Guardiola is right. We don't have to look anywhere else. And we must not accept this.”

Pep Guardiola: “This is a statement for Palestine and it is a statement for humanity”

At that event, hosted in Barcelona, ​​Pep Guardiola gave a remarkable political and humanitarian speech, in which he spoke about the wars and lack of humanity in the world. He referred to the suffering of children in the war in Gaza.

“When I see photos and media reports of a child asking for his mother, who was buried under the rubble, I feel that we have abandoned them. We have left them alone and neglected them. The child asks: 'Where are you? Come and help us.' And so far I haven't done that“, said the Spanish technician.

In closing, he expressed his solidarity with the Palestinian people: “We must engage, participate and defend the most vulnerable people. I am not referring only to Palestine, but to all humanitarian issues. This is a statement for Palestine and it is a statement for humanity.”