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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has apologised to Kalvin Phillips for saying publicly that he had returned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar overweight.
Guardiola made the comment in a press conference in December 2022 having left the England midfielder out of a Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool.
Phillips, who joined West Ham on loan in January, earlier this month told The Observer that “after the World Cup was probably the toughest, when Pep came out and said I was overweight”, adding: “I did not disagree with him but obviously I took a big knock on my confidence and how I felt at City.”
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34 Comments
Pampered england player got upset at being told to adhere to professional standards. Boo hoo. Phillips should grow a spine.
Why is this news?
Miguel Delaney 😂
Pep: your fat you looks like you've been to an all inclusive and not a world cup.
Kalvin: nothing said for a few years maintains a professional relationship and does his job.
Eric: yeah Sancho didn't have a great training session so I didn't start him.
Sancho: I'm moving…
Question for Pep ! How many women do you pay to keep your dirty secrets quiet from the public in Manchester 😂 Because I know of one
Oh really! I didn't get it! so a coach is not allowed to point at the extra weight his player got!!
I think it’s his hair bro
Isn’t he a professional player? Cry me a river, Philips.
Such a weak person.(Phillip)
Pep is always like that, he always blunt but that's the truth anyway
Incredible coach, horrible person.
Cause he’s over weight he’s been sitting on the bench for 2 years doing F…. All
Calling overweight people overweight is not allowed anymore? Snowflakes everywhere
Stop body shaming
😂😂😂😂😂😂
2 years late
Why are they still talking about a comment he made over a year ago 😂
Just move on
Was he overweight though?
It takes a strong man to admit they are wrong and be willing to apologies. Big respect
Nothing to apologize tbh i guess it's the truth and a wake up call, Pep knows it best. Just look at how he's doing at West Ham, barely a player he was at Leeds. Yorkshire Pirlo more like Yorkshire Pudding say one of them hammers.
No worries Kalvin, 'Sugar Daddy' Southgate will pick you for England whatever your size , form , health …
This has to be a troll surely….he called a professional player overweight. What the hell is the issue here? 😅
Fat shamming works. Change my mind
They can't be serious. 1.5kg overweight. That's just over 3lbs. You can lose that in one training session.
Should apologize for signing him with 0 need. Just because he can get any toy he wants doesn't mean he should. That guy could have kept Leeds Up. He actually gained weight due to how much Pep needed him.
His need at Manchester City to be honest was overal a waste on his own development as a player coming from Leeds. He just became basically a bench mascott for City.
Some news from Sky eishiiiiiiiii😂😂😂
i thought only women and kids cried over things like this. Not grown men getting paid 100k per week to kick a ball around…
Nothing story about a nothing story!!
Are you for real!? What planet are you sky sports shitty pundits living on? Its like you are in an alternate universe. Weak pathetic humans
How sensitive are the players these days??
footballers have to be the gayest athletes ever
What r you kinding me this is a joke there is nothing wrong and bad with this at all man up and he is fat
haha. pro futball is one of the few places where fat shaming is still happens so openly. especially to retired players.