Pep Guardiola has switched up his model – and Manchester Metropolis followers are loving the brand new ‘Ted Lasso’ vitality.
As Metropolis put together for a short pre-season, Guardiola was noticed visiting Barcelona’s Monarka Clinic, identified for cutting-edge restoration remedies. However it wasn’t the clinic that caught everybody’s eye – it was Pep’s new clean-shaven face, ditching his signature beard for only a moustache.
The recent look instantly sparked comparisons to Jason Sudeikis’s beloved fictional coach from Apple TV’s “Ted Lasso” – a present Pep himself as soon as appeared in.
One Metropolis fan joked: “Pep Guardiola now has a moustache impressed by Ted Lasso as he goals to show issues round after Manchester Metropolis’s disastrous final season.”
One other chimed in, quoting Lasso’s iconic line: “I imagine” – completely capturing the hope behind Pep’s daring new model and recent begin.
Guardiola’s cameo on “Ted Lasso” got here throughout the penultimate episode of Season 3.
In a heartfelt second after a sport between the fictional AFC Richmond and Metropolis, Guardiola instructed Sudeikis’s titular coach: “Don’t fear about wins or losses. Simply assist these guys be the very best model of themselves on and off the pitch. This, on the finish, is crucial factor.”
Lasso replied: “I couldn’t agree extra, coach.”
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When reflecting on his visitor spot, Pep shared: “As a household, my little daughter Valentina and my spouse take pleasure in watching the present so much. We’re massive followers, and after they supplied me a cameo, I assumed, why not? It was nice to satisfy the actors.”
With a recent ’stache and an entire lot of optimism, Pep is able to carry that very same spirit to Metropolis’s subsequent chapter.
