Video: Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says ‘what the f***?’ to journalist asking whether his side can win the quadruple this year
PEP GUARDIOLA has incredibly replied 'what the f***' to a journalist who quizzed him on Manchester City's chances of winning the quadruple.
The Spanish boss, 45, is never one to hide his emotions, immediately roaring he was in England to 'kick some a**e' when taking over at the Etihad Stadium.
But his latest quip is arguably his greatest and dare I say, Jose Mourinho-esque...
After City put Bournemouth to the sword in a crushing 4-0 win, thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Kelechi Iheanacho, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan, Guardiola took part in the typical post-match press conference.
During the grilling, one journalist asked Guardiola whether Man City stood a chance of not only competing on four fronts, but WINNING the quadruple.
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Clearly exasperated, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss muttered under his breath: "What the f***."
Worse yet, Guardiola takes a good few seconds - which felt like an eternity - to contemplate his answer... Perhaps even which route would get his point across without the ramifications.
Ultimately, he broke his silence going on to say that the happiness of himself, the players and fans is more important to him than winning trophies.
Pep added: "So Manchester City have reached the Champions League semi-final once, so when the people believe I am going to win the Champions League because I am a really good coach... I don’t think so, guys.
"My happiness does not depend on if I am going to win all the titles or not, so my target is now to be happy today, drink a little bit of wine, and tomorrow prepare the game and of course I am going to try to win our League Cup game [against Swansea], there is no doubt about that.
"After we are going to see, so my question is today is...
"Are the people who came to this game really enjoying it?
"Yes? Wow, that is enough. To win titles or not we will see."
Man City have got off to a flying start this season, winning all five of the Premier League games, as well as thumping Borussia Monchengladbach in their Champions League group stage opener.