Manchester City owner, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, has said there is “nothing to celebrate” after their first Premier League season under Pep Guardiola.
Mubarak however insists that the club is heading in the right direction under Guardiola. But he admits he is irritated by messages congratulating him on them finishing third this season.
“There’s nothing that annoys me more than people either calling me or sending me a message congratulating me on third place,” he said.
“My answer was pretty standard to everyone, ‘Don’t congratulate me on getting third, there’s nothing to congratulate, only congratulate me if we win the league’.
“This is not the ambition, not at all. There’s nothing to celebrate.
“I think it’s something which is important — it’s critical, and I know it requires a lot of hard work, particularly in this league — to be in the top four, but our ambition is to win the league. And if not winning it, to go as close as physically possible to winning the league.
“I think this year, in that area, we didn’t do that.”
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