Pep Guardiola has in the past criticised the millionaire signings that were taking place in the transfer market. And following rumours that Kane's signing for 187 million euros was a done deal, Twitter turned him into a trending topic by reminding him of his complaints.
Newspaper archives and social media, together, are a cocktail that often causes professional athletes a bit of unpleasantness. Tweets from their teenage or youthful days that come to light and make them look ridiculous or statements that turn against them with the passage of time are two of the most common cases.
This Friday, Pep Guardiola appears in the latter category. The Manchester City manager was a 'Trending Topic' on Twitter after learning that Harry Kane will sign for the English side for 187 million euros. And all because of an opinion that has had a 'boomerang' effect on the Catalan coach.
Guardiola has complained in the past about the prices in the transfer market. He went so far as to publicly denounce that with those figures they could not buy a striker and that his team did not have the capacity to "sign players worth 80 or 100 million": "With the current prices, we are not going to buy any striker. It's impossible, we can't afford it.
And now, those words have backfired. More than 6,000 tweets made the coach one of the most commented topics on the social network Twitter, the vast majority reminding him of his statements and comparing them to the millionaire signing of Kane.