Famous football agent Dmitriy Selyuk talked about visiting the Champions League final in Istanbul as part of the Manchester City delegation. The English club won the trophy for the first time in history, defeating Inter Milan (1-0) in the decisive match.
"We have a good relationship with the club. So when they reached the final, I received an invitation to the match in Istanbul. We watched the game together with the club's guests, and then we went together to celebrate at the hotel. The Turkish side was a little disappointing, however. The organization left a lot to be desired, because it took a while for our cars to get to us from the stadium. So we had to take a taxi, and everyone arrived to the party only by 3:00 a.m. So a lot of people were already tired, and I wanted to go to bed, but I stayed for my son's sake.
That said, everyone at the club was still very happy. The players and their loved ones celebrated together, my son was happy to be among them and celebrate the historic success together with Haaland and other stars. By the way, Grealish didn't go wild there like he did afterwards. I was more engaged with my old Barcelona friends. They are the club's executive director Ferran Soriano, sports director Txiki Begiristain and Pep's brother Pere Guardiola. Pep himself and Sheikh Mansour weren't at the party.
It was funny that the City managers, Txiki and Soriano, called me a shaman. They may have laughed, but they still talked about the City curse that I broke this season after so many years. You can make jokes about it , but there are facts. Once the curse was lifted, Manchester City took the treble. Luck means a lot when it comes to football. Last year they were winning against Real Madrid by the 90th minute, but conceded two goals within two minutes. So now it all adds up. It's also beautiful that the club brought the FA Cup and the Premier League Cup to Istanbul. So we've seen this season's entire collection for ourselves.
It was funny that the City managers, Txiki and Soriano, called me a shaman. They may have laughed, but they still talked about the City curse that I broke this season after so many years. You can make jokes about it , but there are facts. Once the curse was lifted, Manchester City took the treble. Luck means a lot when it comes to football. Last year they were winning against Real Madrid by the 90th minute, but conceded two goals within two minutes. So now it all adds up. It's also beautiful that the club brought the FA Cup and the Premier League Cup to Istanbul. So we've seen this season's entire collection for ourselves.
City has been trying to reach this point for a long time. Yaya Touré was one of the first star players to come into this project. Everyone was surprised that a Champions League winner with Barça was going to the team that was just happy to be in the top 4 of the EPL. But then we had a conversation with the chairperson of the club, Khaldoon, and he said that the club expects to win the Champions League. I'm glad that my friends succeeded, and let's just say I contributed to it as well," Selyuk said in an exclusive interview with Telecomasia.net.
It should be recalled that previously Selyuk said that because of Yaya Touré's leaving Manchester City, African shamans put a curse on the club that prevented it from winning the Champions League. In the spring Selyuk announced that the curse had been lifted.