Maresca tells Man City players to stay focused and positive

SO BASICALLY, LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU, MARESCA IS OUT THERE TELLING THE CITY SQUAD TO JUST CHILL AND STAY POSITIVE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY DEALING WITH 115 CHARGES FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE, AND APPARENTLY THEY GOT CAUGHT USING SHAM CONTRACTS TO HIDE OVER EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION POUNDS IN SECRET FUNDING, CAN YOU IMAGINE? SO NOW THE BOYS ARE BACK FROM INTERNATIONAL DUTY AND THE COACH IS BEGGING THEM NOT TO LET THIS WHOLE CRISIS MESS UP THEIR VIBE FOR THE LIVERPOOL GAME ON SUNDAY, AND EVEN ERLING HAALAND IS DOING PRESS SAYING HE CARES ABOUT THE FANS, BUT HONESTLY WHO KNOWS HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY WITH ALL THIS HANGING OVER THEIR HEADS, OK NOW BACK TO YOUR STORY, SORRY.

OK NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT THIS ONE, BUT ENZO MARESCA HAS HAD TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE MANCHESTER CITY SQUAD BECAUSE A REPORT JUST DROPPED THAT FOUND THE CLUB GUILTY OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE 115 FINANCIAL CHARGES, AND THE WHOLE THING IS JUST INSANE BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN DISGUISED FUNDING, RIGHT? SO MARESCA IS TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE FOCUSED ON THE PITCH INSTEAD OF THE LEGAL NIGHTMARE, TELLING THEM TO STAY POSITIVE BEFORE THEY HEAD OUT TO FACE LIVERPOOL THIS WEEKEND, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY TALL ORDER CONSIDERING THE SCALE OF WHAT THE PREMIER LEAGUE FOUND, BUT THEY HAVE TO PLAY ANYWAY, SO WE WILL SEE IF THEY COLLAPSE OR ACTUALLY SHOW UP, ANYWAY MY PHONE IS AT FOUR PERCENT, THIS IS MY LEGACY.

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca is urging his players to remain focused after the club was found guilty of 115 Premier League financial charges involving £830m in disguised funding.

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