Guardiola jokes with a traffic officer after being fined: "Do you want a photo? You have to pay"

The Catalan soccer coach living in the United Kingdom Pep Guardiola has experienced a comical situation on the streets of Manchester that has gone viral on countless platforms and social networks.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
21 August 2023 Monday 16:25
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Guardiola jokes with a traffic officer after being fined: "Do you want a photo? You have to pay"

The Catalan soccer coach living in the United Kingdom Pep Guardiola has experienced a comical situation on the streets of Manchester that has gone viral on countless platforms and social networks.

Things are going very well for the former FC Barcelona player in sports, since he has just completed a historic treble for his team, Manchester City (Premier League, FA Cup and the Champions League), but it seems that he does not have as much skill in the world of driving as in football.

The Spanish technician was captured by a camera and recorded on video while a traffic officer told him that he had been fined for improperly parking his vehicle on one of the streets of the English city.

Moments later, the same professional asked the coach for a photo, something that Guardiola took with humor and laughter. Finally, he answered her in an ironic but emphatic tone: "Do you want a photo? You have to pay''.

Although there was a humorous tone in the entire conversation and the traffic policeman can be seen laughing out loud at the strange situation he was experiencing, many users have pointed out online that Guardiola finally left without taking the photograph, something they describe as ''impolite'' on his part, since the man was only doing his job.

The events occurred on Monday, August 21. The person recording the situation wrote what was happening and the date of the moment on top of the video before posting it on the Internet: ''Pep Guardiola parking in a double (row) yellow and being fined. 08/21/2023''.

The images of the fine to the technician for having parked in the wrong place have gone around the world and have become one of the social conversations of the moment. While some defend his humorous and sarcastic attitude, others reproach him for not having taken the photograph with the public worker.

''I'm crying. How is he going to ask for a photo?'', ''Man loves to break the rules'', ''Pep is unintentionally one of the best content creators out there'', ''I was asking the traffic cop if He can play in the center of the field'', ''You can't park there mate, it doesn't matter if you're the best coach in the world'' or ''In front of the Law everything must be the same. Come on, you don't need a photo with him... he should know that he is not above the Law!'' are some of the comments that can be read on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.