Chinese media savage Man City
And they have been accused of being both “disrespectful” and “arrogant” by the state media in the country.
An article, under the headline ‘Chinese fans’ love for Man City goes unreciprocated on home soil’, says that Pep Guardiola and the players failed to engage with local supporters in the same way as tournament rivals Wolves, West Ham and Newcastle.
The report in the Mirror adds that it will cause huge embarrassment to City’s Abu Dhabi owners given Sheikh Mansour sold a 13 percent stake in the club to Chinese Media Capital for £265million in December 2015.
The article published in Xinhua – and carried on the media giant’s English website – begins by blasting Guardiola for refusing to speak to fans after City beat West Ham in Nanjing last Wednesday night.
It continues: “Taken alone, it might have been excusable as a one-off occurrence, perhaps due to jetlag or a packed schedule.
“But unfortunately for Chinese fans here and local media, it proved to just be one example among many of the utter disrespect shown by Manchester City to their hosts during their tour of China.