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[edwin300]

^^ If it was Mourinho who had left, I could see the Barca camp saying the same thing. He was good when he was around. Right now he is gone and he is history. What Karanka said is true...

[Tokyo Sexwale]

Tomchin, on 28 April 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

Classy stuff from Mourinho's fellows again

Karanka (assistant Madrid): "Guardiola leaving Barça? The Liga existed and will exist without him. His numbers are there, but he's history."
Tw Eladio Parames (personal spokesman Mourinho): "Well done, Aitor Karanka! Why paying tribute? Guardiola just left a club." [@realeladio]

He's right, though. The world does not begin nor end with Barcelona, especially from a Madrid point of view.

[Erik Karlsson]

I won't defend Mourinho, but that, most likely, has been one of those super awkward questions for Karanka, and whatever he'd have said was always going to be taken out of context.

1. "League will continue without Guardiola." Karanka sounds like a douche.
2. "Will leave a huge hole to Barcelona, which will be a difficult one to cover." Karanka sounds like a douche.

[Alonso.]

Tomchin, on 28 April 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

Classy stuff from Mourinho's fellows again

Karanka (assistant Madrid): "Guardiola leaving Barça? The Liga existed and will exist without him. His numbers are there, but he's history."
Tw Eladio Parames (personal spokesman Mourinho): "Well done, Aitor Karanka! Why paying tribute? Guardiola just left a club." [@realeladio]

Oh my god, what a pair of douchebags. Karanka himself should quit, I mean if he's not competing in La Liga with him what's the point of staying. Even living. The world indeed starts and ends with Barca.

[Juicebox]

To be fair with Karanka he did say that La Liga will continue without Guardiola, without Karanka and without Mourinho, which is true at the end of the day.

[Tomchin]

Juicebox, on 28 April 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

To be fair with Karanka he did say that La Liga will continue without Guardiola, without Karanka and without Mourinho, which is true at the end of the day.

True, I don't really have a problem with what Karanka said.  It's that tweet from Mourinho's spokesman that I found rather annoying.

[Kuka]

Diver & Aguilar's tribute to Pep. Superb image! Zoom in and check it out

[Zin]

I don't like that.

[Roger]

Just to put Pep Guardiola's 14 cups in 4 seasons in some perspective (if we get that 14th cup~!):

Real Madrid last 14 cups (including La Liga this season):  16 seasons (14 managers)

[Jag]

Wow, now that's some perspective.

[ronnierulez]

Sad to know we cant see more of Pep for a while but I guess an understandable decision from Pep to refresh and recharge - and probably the better decision by the board to go with continuity (Tito) rather than change.

It was really a toss-up between Pep refreshing his ideas versus the players having a new challenge and I guess this should serve both its purpose. Cant wait for Pep v2 !!! Football will be poorer without him.

Hopefully Tito brings his own touch to the job.

13 is a ridiculous number of trophies - wouldnt count on the 14th as yet, but as Pep said, it was not the number of trophies won, it was the style! Unrepeatable IMHO for the forseeable future.

[Roberto Rivelino]

It's funny how this images just appear in this kind of moments and I just had to do this... (The complete album to be updated through the time is at my Facebook page: https://www.facebook...29920820&type=1

[Xabi is the Alpha]

I love how this thread is slowly moving towards totally creepy... like 10 pages from now there will be feed to a live webcam hidden in the bushes outside his house and pictures of used napkins.

[Jag]

Sucks on so many levels that he's leaving. Last 4 years have been too good to be true.

[Iniesta Da Homewrecka]

Xabi is the Alpha, on 30 April 2012 - 12:59 AM, said:

I love how this thread is slowly moving towards totally creepy... like 10 pages from now there will be feed to a live webcam hidden in the bushes outside his house and pictures of used napkins.

can't read if that has sarcasm sprinkled through it so I'm responding accordingly

What do you expect us to do though? Pep is the greatest manager this team has ever had and that is saying ALOT when it comes to Barcelona and it's history. Are we supposed to say we hate him... are we supposed to stay silent? We are showing our appreciation of this great man through pictures and videos that have captured great moments of time during Pep's tenure.

How do you want us to act?