Thierry Henry has affirmed that Pep Guardiola “is not mentally well” in the midst of his separation from wife Cristina Serra and the challenging Manchester City season.
City suffered a 5-1 bottle at the hands of Arsenal on Sunday, accumulating more misery in a season that leaves them fifth and 15 points outside the leaders of the Liverpool League.
For Guardiola, it has been stressful and difficult for a few months inside and off the field.
In January, the reports said that he had separated from his wife Cristina after 30 years together, since she had seen her decision to stay with City until 2027 as the final tail.
That bomb followed a worrying episode in November when Guardiola went out with scratches on his face after the 3-3 champions league raffle with Feyenoord. “I cut with my nail (during the game),” he said. “I want to hurt myself.
The arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, went through a divorce shortly after joining Barcelona in 2007 and sympathizes with Guardiola.
Thierry Henry has ClaiD that Pep Guardiola “is not mentally well” in the middle of a challenging year
In January, reports arose that Guardiola had separated from his wife Cristina Serra after his contract renewal
Henry sympathizes after suffering a divorce from his wife Claire Merry after joining Barcelona
'I feel sorry for what is happening to Man City and Pep? Yes, I do it, in one thing, “Henry told Sky Sports.
'It is not easy to deal with what PEP has to deal with football. I went for that when I went to Barcelona. It is not easy to deal with things like that, when you are not very mentally.
'You can see that he is not his usual self. I had to deal with that when I went to Barcelona, I can tell you that it is not easy. No one would like to deal with that while you have to do all the time. So I think we can understand.
'Now, if you return to the field, it is not good enough. I do not think they can face every time a team can deal with playing them up to ninety minutes and challenging them and looking them in their eyes until the end.
Guardiola, 53, and Serra married in an intimate ceremony on the outskirts of Barcelona in 2014, but now they have decided to separate.
The couple, who met in 1994, had been living separate for more than five years after Serra moved to Barcelona with one of her three daughters, Valentina, 17, while Guardiola remained in Manchester.
They have two other children together: María, 24 and Marius, 22.
Guardiola and Serra had remained a couple despite not living in the same city and they have regularly imagined together in later years.
Guardiola cut his nose and scratched his head after City threw a 3-0 advantage against Feyenoord at the beginning of this season
Serra, who had been with Guardiola for 30 years, has been living far from her husband
He and Serra hugged in the field after City won the Champions League in June 2023
It is said that Guardiola's new contract is the main reason behind its shock separation
Lorena Vázquez and her Spanish journalist Laura FA, who makes up a very respected show of the show called The Mamarazzis, broke the history of the separation of the couple in mid -January.
Days later, they said in a podcast that fashion businesswoman Cristina had decided that “enough was enough” after Pep had become the decision to renounce Britain and stayed in the city until 2027.
Guardiola recently signed a new contract to remain in the club for two additional years, with its initial contract expiring at the end of this season.
Henry offered his sympathy after having gone through a similar experience.
In 2007, almost at the top of his powers, Henry joined the Barcelona winning machine.
Having been married to Claire Merry since 2003, they all seemed pink with the couple, who had bought a house in London and had a two -year -old daughter.
Things, however, were not. In September 2007, a judge of the Divorce Court in London granted divorce, with Merry arguing that Henry's “unreasonable behavior” was the reason.
The Frenchman did not challenge the reasons, and the divorce was granted as part of a lot during a minute hearing in the main registry of the Superior Court.
Having met when Henry and Merry starred in a television ad for Renault, Merry model received near her requested sum of £ 10millon in 2008, and it is said that Henry had about £ 130,000 per week in Spain.