Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made a personal phone call to former Etihad Stadium defender and now-Arsenal star, Oleksandr Zinchenko after winning the Treble.
The 2022/23 season culminated in the most historic two-week period in the history of Manchester City Football Club, and is seen by many to be the ultimate icing on the top of Pep Guardiola’s cake at the club.
Having claimed their third successive Premier League title win by holding off competition from Arsenal, City went on to defeat Manchester United in the FA Cup final, before claiming their first-ever UEFA Champions League honour in Istanbul, Turkey.
Manchester City’s historic Treble success was only the second time such a feat has been achieved in English football, and became the second Treble claimed by Pep Guardiola in his illustrious managerial career.
But the Catalan coach is not under the impression that achievements were not without the efforts of those who preceded the group at the time, and the now 53-year-old was keen to personally thank former players for the role they played in the development of the club.
As revealed in a new book released by Oleksandr Zinchenko called ‘Believe’, it has now been revealed that Pep Guardiola phoned the Ukrainian the night Manchester City won the treble in 2023 to say thank you for his contributions to the club.
“I guess no one was sleeping that night, but to get a call from Pep? I couldn’t believe it,” Zinchenko admitted, when referencing the night of Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League in Istanbul back in 2023.
