Champions League He’ll shut people up – Rio Ferdinand predicts team to win trophy. Rio Ferdinand, a former defender for Manchester United, has claimed that Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, can “shut everyone up” by winning the Champions League this year.
The majority of Europe’s heavyweights, including Real Madrid, the current champion, and Paris Saint-Germain, among the favorites, are in the competition’s knockout rounds with City.
Guardiola, who twice won the cup with Barcelona, hasn’t succeeded in winning it in 12 years and has come under fire for how he approaches playoff games.
Ferdinand, though, believes that with Erling Haaland now in their ranks, the English champions can finally break their European curse.
It’s just too challenging. Because of Haaland and Pep, who is motivated to win, I’m going to pick City.
He has participated in the Premier League, but for him, the Champions League is where it’s at. If he succeeds, he’ll silence a lot of people, Ferdinand stated on BT Sport.
