Basketball great Michael Jordan paid tribute to Pep Guardiola as the departing Manchester City manager was given a final sendoff during an open-top bus parade and after-party featuring an on-stage contract announcement by one of the club’s top players on Monday.
After the parade through the streets of Manchester, a sell-out crowd of 19,000 inside the Co-op Live arena — near City’s Etihad Stadium — witnessed a video message from Jordan to Guardiola on the big screen.
“Hey Pep, this is Michael Jordan,” the six-time NBA champion said. “I just want to congratulate you on an unbelievable career. Enjoy your retirement.
“Good luck on the links,” Jordan added, in a nod to Guardiola’s hobby of golf, “and keep them straight. Congratulations.”
Guardiola is leaving after a record-breaking decade in charge of City in which he won 17 major trophies.
Former City captain Vincent Kompany — the current Bayern Munich coach
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