There are a few ways a manager fresh to English football can win the fans over.
Most opt for grandiose speech about how they “believe in attacking football”. want to win trophies and how they’ve always loved the English. As Jose “The Special One is actually a misquote” Mourinho will tell you, it generally gets the job done.
But then there are always a couple of mavericks who want to show how gosh darned English they are. Think Cristian Gross with his London Underground ticket when he got the Spurs job, or Roberto Mancini with his (wonderfully styled) blue and white scarf when he took over at Manchester City.
Now we have the latest and greatest entry to the canon: Pep Guardiola donning a Stone Island jumper for a pre-season friendly.
Pep Guardiola on a madness with the Stone Island jumper 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/pxtyQUTfKh
— Rudimental (@Rudimental) August 7, 2016
Pep Guardiola spent all summer watching 3 for £10 football hooligan movies from HMV to get ready for the new season and we are loving it.
When you're getting City to play out from the back at 6, but need to photograph your trainers in the fridge at 8. pic.twitter.com/w31abZ8fAo
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) August 7, 2016
Pep Guardiola thinks Elijah Wood in Green Street was an accurate representation of West Ham fandom and we are ready.
— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) August 7, 2016
Pep Guardiola has Joe Jordan on speed dial in case someone tries to headbutt him and we can’t stop laughing.
Pep Guardiola is a roadman that Stone Island though… 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/ylkrcVMtfn
— The Gold Standard 👑🕺🏿 (@RaphaCertified) August 7, 2016
Pep Guardiola making a smart sartorial choice for the August heat and causing the son West Ham’s chairman to make a Green Street reference.
https://twitter.com/DaveSulley/status/762392646505603072
Welcome to English football Pep. Tommy Johnson will have words with you when you play Chelsea away no doubt…
