Wetin dey happen for football world? Na our man Pep Guardiola, wey dey run Manchester City, don land matter wey dey shake ground well well. You no go believe say e don start dey talk about international wahala instead of just football! Na serious something oh!
Jewish community leaders for Greater Manchester don vex as dem talk say Guardiola dey ‘let dem down’ because hin no dey focus on the pitch alone. Dem dey complain say hin go dey stray enter the talk of global conflict, wey no concern am as football manager. Abeg, wetin concern football and all dis serious matter?
Last week, during one charity event for Barcelona, Pep open mouth talk about how e dey feel for victims of global conflicts, especially concerning Palestine. Na here dem tell am make e try dey careful with di kind language wey e dey use. Dem talk say all dis humanitarian talk fit cause wahala for di Jewish community, wey don dey face attacks all over di world. E get as e be, sha!
Guardiola no dey shy as him talk say e suppose talk when e dey see people dey suffer everywhere like na for Uganda, Sudan, and Ukraine. Na wetin e call ‘scale and visibility’ of global suffering. E come dey remind us say nobody fit close eye to all di suffering wey dey happen around di world.
E talk true sha, as e say na human rights issue wey concern everybody. E no matter wetin we dey talk, if people dey suffer, we suppose do something. Just last October, dem kill two people for Heaton Park Synagogue, and all dis issues dey happen right under di nose of football p
eople na im dey frustrate di Jewish community.
While Guardiola dey try to show him humanitarian side, e don enter wahala like dis before. Na wetin he dey do now be say e dey use him platform to talk about wetin dey happen for di world, but e fit draw fire for hin side well well if e no balance di matter.
“If e dey happen, we fit no sit down dey wait,
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