Modern football forces speech no matter what is said or how it is said
The anecdote is not current, it happened more than ten years ago, but it does not lose its validity as long as the system remains the same. Pep Guardiola, when he coached Barcelona, He realized in December that he had almost 20 press conferences scheduled for January. Then he figured out, with a quick calculation, that they would have at least 20 people ask questions in each, and that each journalist would have the opportunity to ask questions twice in turn.
Catalan, with a simple mathematical report, He then understood that he should have 800 answers to 800 questions in that month alone. It seemed a bit “exaggerated”, unnecessary, but he accepted the rules of the game, which is also a market with his demands.
Nothing, if anything, has changed since that musing of the current Manchester City coach. Modern football forces people to speak regardless of what is said or how it is said. Silence is off limits, even though it may be healthy. Sport forces howl, like wolves. And wolves can be dangerous sometimes. It’s becoming clear these days…
Source: Goal