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Pep Guardiola has said that blaming people from overseas for a country’s problems is wrong, the Manchester City manager’s comments coming amid the fallout of Sir Jim Ratcliffe claiming the United Kingdom is being “colonised by immigrants”.
Ratcliffe’s comment, made in an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, has led to widespread condemnation, including from within football, leading to Manchester United’s single largest minority owner saying he was sorry that his “choice of language has offended some people in the UK and Europe”.
“I have a huge appreciation for Sir Jim, I was fortunate to meet him,” said Guardiola when asked about Ratcliffe’s initial words on Friday. “He made a statement after apologising [so] I’m not commenting on what Sir Jim Ratcliffe said because after that he said exactly what he wanted to say. But all around the world the problem that we have in all the countries [is that] we treat immigrants or people who come from other countries as the problem that our countries have and it is a big problem as it not their fault.
