Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola congratulated sister membership Mumbai City FC on Monday for his or her feat of topping the Indian Super League (ISL) factors desk and reserving a spot within the AFC Champions League (ACL).
On Sunday, Mumbai City beat ATK Mohun Bagan 2-0 within the closing league encounter of the continuing ISL to win the League Winners Shield and e-book a spot in subsequent season’s ACL.
Describing it as an unbelievable achievement, Guardiola in a press convention stated, “It is part of the CFG family.”
“Now comes the play-off. Hopefully, they can do well,” he added.
“Congratulations to all the people. Every league is tricky and when you win it is well deserved,” he stated.
PEP on @MumbaiCityFC 💬 Incredible success. It is a part of the CFG household.
Now comes the play-off. Hopefully they’ll do nicely.
Congratulations to all of the folks. Every league is hard and if you win it’s nicely deserved.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 1, 2021
The Guardiola-coached English Premier League champions Manchester City’s dad or mum firm, City Football Group, have purchased a majority 65 p.c stake in Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC.
In 2019, Mumbai City offered 65 per cent of its stake to CFG whose majority stakeholders are Abu Dhabi United Group.